4.3.4.2 LanguageAwareness 215
4.3.4.3 Language Awareness as a 'Spin-off 218
4.3.5 First Language Literacy Skills and Effective
Classroom Foreign Language Learning 220
4.3.6 Memory 227
4.3.7 Learning Strategies 229
4.3.7.1 Social Strategies 231
4.3.8 Past Experience and World Knowledge 233
4.4 Affective Considerations 235
4.4.1 Empathy 236
4.4.2 Low Affective Filters 239
4.4.3 Feelings of Self-worth 240
4.4.4 Motivation 241
4.5 Foreign Language Aptitude 243
4.6 Quality of the Home Environment and Parental Encouragement 247
4.6.1 SociaISkiIIs 248
4.7 Conclusion 249
CHAPTER FIVE
Case Study One - School One
5.1 Introduction 251
5.2 Method 251
5.2.1 CoIIectionofData 255
5.2.2 Choice of Schools 256
5.2.3 Preliminary Field Work and Access to Schools 257
5.3 Lesson Observations 257
5.3.1 Recording of Information from Lesson Observations 260
5.3.2 Analysis of Data from Lesson Observations 261
5.4 Interviews 262
5.4.1 Question Formation 263
5.5 Questionnaires 264
5.5.1 Question Formation 264