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

BP: Anything else you like

S: No

BP: What about putting your hand up, do you do that a lot

S: No

BP: No...why not

S: XX

BP: What about English or maths do you put your hand up there a lot

S: Yeah

BP: More than in French

S: Yeah

BP: But you don't have to you know you can still know somethings and don't have to
put your hand up all the time

S: Yeah

BP: Do you enjoy learning French

S: Yeah

BP: A lot or a little

S: A lot

BP: Really...you don't find it hard

S: I do a bit

BP: But you sti I like it

S: Yeah

BP: You want to carry on with it

S: Yeah

BP: Do you speak any other languages

S: No

BP: But you speak English and a bit of French and when you get older you can learn
something else...great, anything else you want to say

S: No

BP: Sure

S: Yes

BP: Are you happy

S: Yeah

BP: We'll go and play some rounders then

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