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



Asked if they could choose any language to learn at secondary school which one
would they choose and why:

German because it is most complict...(complicated?)

I don't know (2)

French because it is easier

I would choose Franch because it is fun

Greek becouse some of my famely only speak Greek
Italy because Ive liked speke Italien for a long time
I would choose Italyan because it's nice

Boys 6J

Seven of the boys said that they enjoyed learning French:

it is interesting

it wasn't that hard and it was enjoyable
because I like Iening languages

I like the accent

I like saying French words

It's very usefull on holiday
it can be funny for English (French native speaker)

Three said they did not enjoy learning French:

it's boring
its boring
it is a hard language

Seven boys said they would like to learn more French:

It is a bit fun learning French

It's very interesting

It's a nice language
becarse I like it
it's a good language to know becase people go there a lot
so when I go to France I can speak the language

I would like to learn another language

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