A Critical Examination of the Beliefs about Learning a Foreign Language at Primary School

BP: Keep trying. It's the best isn't it...so you like French do you...you want to carry on
with it... sure... good, everybody likes it....so far unless S∞tt the last one is going to
say no I hate it

Scott

BP: XX You like about learning French...do you like it

S: Yep

BP: What do you like best

S: The drinks and the food and learning sports

BP: What's really good fun

S: Learning going to a cafe and get drinks

BP: Like ordering drinks doing little roleplays

S: Yep

BP: Do you like working in a group

S: Yes

BP: Do you prefer that to working on your own

S: Yes

BP: Why's that

S: Because then it's a lot less hard

BP: You can help each other can’t you...what do you like best, speaking or listening or
reading

S: Listening

BP: Listening to the teacher or listening to the tape

S: The tape

BP: You find that easy

S: Yeah

BP: And what do you find difficult, if anything, it might all be easy

S: Understanding when Miss speaks French

BP: You find that quite difficult....you find the tape easier

S: Yeah

BP: So would you prefer it if Miss speaks English, if she explains in English

S: Yeah

BP: That makes life a bit easier does it

S: Yeah

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