Primary French in the balance

01 per cent achievement in French attitude and achievement attitudes towards learning Battery 2 French Battery 2 group cent level chi-square tests co-educational Cohort 2 sample Cohort 3 pupils comprehensive school pupils Control group control pupils correlation differences between mean experiment experimental pupils favour of Cohort favourable attitudes foreign language foreign-language learning France French classes French lessons French teaching French tests grammar school pupils group tests large primary schools level in favour level of achievement Listening test mean scores obtained modern school pupils occupation categories combined parental occupation category pupils in Cohort pupils in Control questionnaire items Reading test response scores for pupils scores in favour secondary modern schools secondary school secondary stage sex of pupil significant differences significantly higher percentage single-sex schools skills small primary schools speak French Speaking test spoken French tape-recorder taught French teaching French test scores type of school type of secondary Writing test