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Some people believe that it is better for children to begin learning a foreign language at primary school rather than secondary school. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

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Learning foreign languages increases the learning potential of an individual. A child's learning ability is at a maximum.Some experts believe that foreign languages should be taught in primary rather than secondary
school
.I too believe that
this
 development has benefits as well as drawbacks.
Firstly
, children grasp better than teenagers or adults..
For instance
 an adolescent learns his/her mother tongue as an infant. There are no written scripts taught to them. On the basis of listening skills the child is able to learn it. But when he/she becomes an adult finds difficult to grasp new foreign languages.
This
 is due to the fact that infants have a higher listening potential than adults.
Therefore
, children learn faster than adults.
Secondly
, Primary
school
 children are provided with better attention than secondary
school
 children.Since primary schools have few subjects to learn they can focus on one
language
 at a time.
For example
, Primary
school
 children are taught subjects
such
 as English, Mathematics, Environmental Studies. But secondary schools have to study many additional subjects as well as grades.
Hence
, foreign languages can be learnt with much more attention in primary schools. Learning foreign languages in primary schools has its drawbacks as well.Teachers who teach foreign languages in primary
school
 should be of high calibre
otherwise
, it will be difficult for children to understand the
language
 in higher classes.
Also
, when students change schools in higher classes they will find it difficult to grasp the taught languages in other schools.
On the contrary
, the major focus should be given to their interest.If the child is not interested in learning a foreign
language
 he may not be able to grasp the
language
. In conclusion, Anything which encourages
language
 learning ability benefits the society and culturally and economically, and early exposure to
language
 learning contribute to
this
.Young children's innate abilities should be harnessed to make
this
 benefit more achievable.

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