School should not force children to learn a foreign language. To what extent do you agree with this statement?

It is undoubtedly that learning a foreign

language

is essential for children.

However

, educational institutions should not force the

student

to learn it. I share a similar point of view with

this

statement with the reasons stated below.

To begin

with, pushing the youngster to learn a foreign

language

in

school

is not an ideal method to improve their communication skills due to the fact there is a shortage number of a competent teacher to deliver

this

knowledge. In Indonesia,

for instance

, just a small number of English

language

subject in

school

is taught by a subject specialist teacher.

This

affects the teaching method and material used in the classroom and the tutor is unable to stimulate

language

-learning activities resulting in the youngster becoming passive participants.

Consequently

,

this

process is waste time without beneficial effect for the

student

.

Furthermore

, the

school

curriculum consists of many fundamental subjects in which it is mandatory for the

student

. The curriculum grade 6 of the elementary

school

in Indonesia,

for example

, has at least 6 or 7 compulsory subjects and minimum 3 additional subjects.

This

is a heavy burden for the

student

and by obligating them to study the

second

language

may cause overpressure.

This

leads to a decrease in their academic performance and

for

Suggestion

in

the long run, makes them lose their motivation to acquire new knowledge. To sum up,

although

, it is admittedly that foreign

language

is beneficial for children in many ways, I disagree that the

school

have

Suggestion

has

to force the

student

to learn

second

because there is a limited number of competent human resources to transfer

this

knowledge and heavy curriculum in the

school

.