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



The things the boys liked least:
singing because I dont no how to sing in french
I don't know
I don't know

Seven boys did not mention anything under this section

What they found easy:

Iesaning because I anderstand some things

Iistning to the tape because I don't know
saying hello and goodbye and how Γm feeling because it makes me ∞nfident
listening and filling in some worksheets because they were like a revesion of what we
Ieared
counting in French
the games and writing french because it wasn't hard

What the boys found difficult:

righting because the Ieters were comfusing
pmonsin (pronunciation?) because it is hard
I don't know
asking different questions to boys and girls
saying long sentents (sentences?) in french because we had to say some diffacult
words

speaking french because some people know how to speak french
speking

remembering words in French

7 found this easy

3 found it difficult

remembering sentences in French

2 found this easy

8 found it difficult

saying words in French

9 found this easy

1 found it difficult

saying whole sentences in French

2 found this easy

8 found it difficult

copying things down in French

8 found this easy

2 found it difficult

reading in French

4 found this easy

6 found it difficult

understanding the teacher speak French

4 found this easy

6 found it difficult

understanding people on the tape

3 found this easy

7 found it difficult

asking questions in French

2 found this easy

8 found it difficult

answering the teacher speak French

3 found this easy

7 found it difficult

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