Some people believe that children should learn a foreign language from the time they start school, while others feel it is better to wait until a child is at secondary school Discuss both sides and give your own opinion.

In today‘s globalized economy, the ability to speak a

second

language

more useful than ever before. While some believe that

children

should only start to learn a foreign

language

at secondary

school

, I side with those who feel the learning process should begin the moment

children

enter the education system. On the one hand, it could be argued that the study of foreign languages should wait. Those in favour of postponement argue that young

school

children

already have a hectic timetable

that is

fit to burst and learning Mathematics and Science should take precedence over

second

language

studies. In short, they feel that the native

language

should come

first

. What is more, they

also

argue that only a small minority of

children

will ever actually need to use a

second

language

, so it is a waste of time learning a skill that for many will be redundant later in life.

However

, I side with those who believe that

second

language

learning should begin at primary

school

. It is a fact that the earlier a child learns a

language

, the more proficiently they will eventually be able to

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speak it

. Research has shown that before puberty,

children

have a unique ability to acquire languages by simply being exposed to them, which is a skill that ends in adolescence.

Moreover

, in my opinion,

children

who learn at an early age often lack the fear associated with speaking in a foreign tongue.

For example

, they don’t feel self—conscious when trying to pronounce foreign

language

words.

However

, perhaps my strongest argument for starting early is that learning a foreign

language

provides

children

with a range of other cognitive skills. For that matter, Multilingual or even Bilingual

children

are known to perform better in problem-solving tasks and have more creativity than their monolingual counterparts, which are desirable skills for

children

of any age. In conclusion,

although

young

children

already have full timetables, learning a foreign

language

has many positive cognitive side effects for a child’s overall education.

Therefore

, on balance, I strongly believe that

children

should start learning a

second

language

at primary

school

rather

than

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secondary

school

.