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 love you, can I have some money, Have you got money, are you OK etc.
I don't care

I would like to sing songs in french which are not hard to learn

I would like to be able speak French fluently

Talk write and maybe sng a bit

I would like to know how write and how to read French

I want to say 1 can't speak french' because I can't

I don't understand the qusiten (question?)

I would like to speak, read, write, sing and ask questions

Asked what they were looking forward to at secondary school:

speacking because I can ask my mum
learning Freach because I comunycate

singing because I enjoy it

I hope I'll improve because then I'll be able to speek french

talking to my friends in French

my french teacher because he was realy nice and kind
learning difficult things because Γd like to speak fluently
speaking fluently because French is a lovely language о Ieam

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

doing homework wrong and getting in detention because if it's hard for me now it’ll be
worse in high school

being asked questions in French because I can't answer them fluently
answering questions because I get nervous
I don't know

singing because you have to be able to read

tests because it is hard and everyone laughs at yuo Ifyourwrong

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

Spanish because my aunty speeks that language

I would choose Italen because I can take too my ucles in Italy, there realy Italen

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