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

Only two girls said they found French easy:

most of my familly knows a bit of french
some French words sound similar to English ones

Seven said they found French difficult:

it's hard remembering it and with pronounsing it

it is hard trying to say and pronounse words of a different language
the words are different

it's hard to undestand

I kept getting mixed up with words and setences
sometimes I forget the words

I didn't say anything as a sentence

Six said they liked speaking French:

it is a fascinating language

some words sound funny

it's a nice language

it's fun speaking French with others
I like the accent

It is nice too learn

Three said they did not really like speaking French:

I sometime forget what Γm saying
hard pronounsing words

I can't prenounce the words proely

Three said they would have liked to do more reading:

It is nice to read

then I could speek and get better in knowing how to read French

I learn things and I also wanted to speak french

Six said they were glad they did not do more reading:

I didn't know what I was reading

I prefer speaking French
not understandable

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