Some experts think that the best time for young people to learn a new language is at primary school. While this could bring many benefits and drawbacks. I believe that the advantages are far more than the disadvantages.
Learning a foreign language at primary could have some possible disadvantages. Firstly, it could be a waste of time since children need to focus on other subjects such as math, science, and their own mother tongue language, which they might need it more than the foreign one. Secondly, children may get confused because of learning many languages at the same time and this could have a negative impact on their development. For example, it is claimed that bilingual children develop the ability to talk more slowly than monolingual kids.
On the other hand, I think that children learn faster at a young age because they are less self-conscious and shy. So they can easily pick up the right pronunciation and try to copy it. Furthermore, children enjoy practising languages through games. Thus, learning and copying others could be a fun in itself for them. In other words, for children learning languages is not a hard task as it is for adults. In addition, languages nowadays are as important as science and math. Acquiring an international language like English could be very important for young people to get better job opportunities in the future.
In conclusion, it seems to me that the benefits of teaching children foreign languages as soon as possible outweigh the drawbacks.
Some
experts
think
that the best time for young
people
to learn a new
language
is at primary school. While this could bring
many
benefits and drawbacks. I believe that the advantages are far more than the disadvantages.
Learning a foreign
language
at primary could have
some
possible disadvantages.
Firstly
, it could be a waste of time since
children
need to focus on
other
subjects such as math, science, and their
own
mother tongue
language
, which they might need it more than the foreign one.
Secondly
,
children
may
get
confused
because
of learning
many
languages
at the same time and this could have a
negative
impact on their development.
For example
, it
is claimed
that bilingual
children
develop the ability to talk more
slowly
than monolingual kids.
On the
other
hand, I
think
that
children
learn faster at a young age
because
they are less self-conscious and shy.
So
they can
easily
pick up the right pronunciation and try to copy it.
Furthermore
,
children
enjoy
practising
languages
through games.
Thus
, learning and copying others could be a fun in itself for them. In
other
words, for
children
learning
languages
is not a
hard
task as it is for adults.
In addition
,
languages
nowadays are as
important
as science and math. Acquiring an international
language
like English could be
very
important
for young
people
to
get
better job opportunities in the future.
In conclusion
, it seems to me that the benefits of teaching
children
foreign
languages
as
soon
as possible outweigh the drawbacks.
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