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



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



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