traditionally, children have begun studying foreign languages at secondary school, introducing them earlier is recommended by some educationalists. This policy been adopted by some educational authorities or individual schools, with both positive and negative outcomes. The obvious argument in its favour is that young children pick up languages inoch ore easily than teenagers. Their brains are still programmed to acquire thels mother tongue, which facilitates leaming another language, and unlike adolescents. they are not inhibited by self-consciousness. The greater fiexsility of the primary timetable allows for more frequent shorter sessions and for a play-centred approach, thus maintaining learners' enthusiasm and progress. Their command of the language in later life will benefit from this early exposure, while learning other languages subsequently will be easier for them. They may also gain a better understanding of other cultures, There are, however, some disadvantage...