The attitudes of the pupils towards modern languages in the primary school (MLPS) in Scotland

Daniel Tierney; Lore Gallastegi

doi:10.1080/03004271003781538

The attitudes of the pupils towards modern languages in the primary school (MLPS) in Scotland

Daniel Tierney, Lore Gallastegi

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This article considers the attitudes of pupils aged 9–11 years in Scotland towards their learning of a foreign language in primary school. It also considers their perception of difficulty, what they tell us causes them difficulty, their language preferences and the reasons for these. The article identifies any significant differences between boys and girls in these areas.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	483-498
Number of pages	16
Journal	Education 3-13
Volume	39
Issue number	5
Early online date	1 Jun 2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03004271003781538
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

modern languages
primary schools
language teaching
French
German
attitudes

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