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

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It is believed that it is better for children
to begin
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learning a foreign
language
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at a primary
school
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rather than secondary
school
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,
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essay agrees with
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belief primarily because it is an established scientific fact that
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brain's capacity
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the brain's capacity
to learn is at its best at an early stage.
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discuss some other benefits attached to the
child
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learning the
language
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at an early
age
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. As per a Cambridge study on learning capacity at various ages published recently in Science journal, on an average, a 3-year old
child
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develops full proficiency of a new
language
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in under 8-12 months, a
child
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over 12 years needs on an average 18 months while an adult may take up to 24 months or longer to gain command over a new
language
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.
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is so because
brain
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's functioning evolves over
time
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, as per the findings, the
brain
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's capacity to absorb new information and retain it is at its peak in early childhood and declines steadily over
time
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.
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, its ability to process complex information and make sound judgment evolves with
age
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. As critical criteria for learning languages is the ability to absorb new information, it is but obvious that learning of
new
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a new language
the new language
new languages
language
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is most suitable at an early
age
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.
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, by focusing on learning languages at an early stage, the
brain
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gets to do what it
does
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did
best at the
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, and it
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then
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gets more
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to do
more of complex
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more complex
tasks as it ages,
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as learning advanced maths, physics, and other curriculums demanding traits
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as critical thinking and sound judgment.
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, when learning languages at an early
age
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allow the
child
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to explore
language
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-specific literature for a
longer
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long
period of
time
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. To conclude, based on the benefits of learning languages at an early stage, the author believes
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is it
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is, it
is best when languages are taught at a primary
school
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versus secondary
school
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.
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