Interviews with Turkish children aged five and six who have been learning English for between two and four years. The three girls and Evren are bilingual.

Teacher: Why do you like learning English?

Artun: Because I go to the Chicago and in the Chicago many many speak English. I goed to Dinosaur museum and dinosaur man speak English me.

Arda.: I watch Fox Kids and BBC Prime .I can see all the films in English. Jordan ( Arda's friend) doesn't speak English. Sometimes I stay at his house. We play the Batman, pirates everything in English.

Aykun: I like come this school. I like make lesson, nice pictures. I like do the puzzles in English. Many many nice things English class.

Teacher: What activities do you like to do in the English classroom?

Haruka: I like the circle time. I like listen to story and look pictures. Especially, I like play the puppets my friends.

Melisa: I like the school play. I like doing shows with my friends and making the masks. The girls are the good people and the boys are the bad people, but Artun and Aykun can sometimes be good people even though they are boys.

Artun: I like singing the songs and dancing the songs. I sing very very good.

Teacher: What is your favourite word in English?

Bora: I like "bottom". "Bottom" you move your mouth a lot. When we say "bottom" my friends laugh. My friends say "bottom" is a bad word, but I no think "bottom" is bad!

Yasemin: My favourite word is "lovely" because it 's lovely. I also like horse and sweetheart. My mummy calls me sweetheart and I call my horse sweetheart. Will you call me "sweetheart"?

Melodi: My favourite word is "horse" because I like horse riding. I like all horses.

Teacher: Are there any words you don't like in English?

Evren: I don't like "thief" because a thief is a bad man. My daddy says they put thieves in prison. If you don't work hard in school or you don't listen to your mommy, you can become a thief.