Around the world, children learn English as a second language at school. However, in some places, they also learn at kindergarten (pre-school care, when children are aged two to five) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of learning English at kindergarten.

As English has become the dominant

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worldwide, vast numbers of people are learning it. The

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lowering at the same time. Personally, I believe it is essential for a person from a non-English speaking community to learn English, but I think it is not necessary to do so until a

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is around seven or eight. Supporters of teaching English

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, when a

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is aged between two to five – believe that early exposure will produce more competent speakers. Parents who are keen to give their

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a head start in an ever more competitive world are persuaded by

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idea. They think that if English is combined with play, it will be easily absorbed, and not seem like study at all.

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, there are strong arguments against teaching English

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, linguists claim that a

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needs to be literate in his or her own

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before another is begun unless that

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is already living in a completely bilingual environment –

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: his or her parents are native speakers of both languages, and both languages are used around the

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teachers are less likely to be native English speakers themselves, or to be competent

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teachers, which means that what children learn

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could be no more than a smattering of words – ‘Hello’ ‘Goodbyes’, numbers, colours, and the names of animals. All of these could be learnt very quickly in a school classroom at the

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of seven

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to proper grammar and good pronunciation.

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there is the issue that kindergartens provide ‘English’ more as a marketing tool than an educational one, cashing in on concerned parents. It could

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be a status symbol that a

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is learning English at the

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of three among the friends of his or her parents, meaning that the

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’s learning experience is subordinated to the parents’ prestige. In my view,

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is a time to acquire social skills, motor skills, and a deeper understanding of a

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’s own

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. English can come later when a

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is more capable of focused learning, and when the teaching is likely to be better. In an

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where the endless pursuit of qualifications and accomplishments seems the norm, why not let a

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