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



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

I woud like to say is (I like you) or your me trend

How are you? What is your age? I live at, Good morning, Good Afternoon

I would like to read and write in french and to speak french

Γd like to say everything in french

I would like to speak good French

Dance and sing

I would like to Read in frence and sbeak a lot of frence

I would like to say how mach, thacks, yor well...(?) and please

Asked what they were looking forward to at secondary school:

the games because we will have fun

my teacher because he or her will be teaching me spelling
how to talk to someone on the phone because it is very usefull
learning to prounounce words because I want to learn properly
just learning because Γm sure it will be interesting and fun
how they speak French because if I can understand it well
the teacher because I hope he's a funny one

Asked what they were looking forward to least at secondary school:

saying things in Frech because it is hard to say

speeking in French because I keep forgetting the words
reading in French because reading in French to me is hard
the homework because it will be hard

saying words out loud because I might not say them properly
how to ∞unt because I know how to

spelling because it is hard
Howright becose it is boring

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

becose may frieinds speak it

Portugese be∞ue most of my trends speak in that language

Italian because I like Italian things

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