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

When asked to name some of the things they learned in French children listed:
how to say numbers, what is your name and the answer, what's masculine and
feminine
numbers, say some words and to ask some questions
writing in french, speaking in french, reading and listening in french
saying good morning and saying hello
how to say sentences numbers and words
say our names, where we live our age and to ask people questions
to say number to say words in some of the question

Asked what they would like to find out about French speaking people or
countries where French is spoken:

I don't no
it is spoken is Frans
I would like to ask the French people if french was first spoken in their ∞untry and
how did some west indies know how to speak french?

I would like to find out about the pronounciation of french words and more numbers
I don't want to learn french an more
I wouldn't
how to make it easier

I would like to know almost everything

Asked to name some of the things they would like to to be able to do or say in
French:

I would like to say harder sentences in french
I don’t want to take on French

Talk in French I don't wan't learn french any more. I wan't to learn Spanish
I would like to speak French fluently

I would like to be able to talk fluently in french and understand

I would like to speak a lot of French
I don't no what to do

Asked what they were looking forward to at secondary school:
to no everything because I don't no what to say
speaking it because I would like to no more

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