QUESTION: SOME EXPERTS 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?

According to some experts, it is significantly more beneficial for

children

to start learning a foreign

language

at Primary

School

.

This

essay will discuss the

advantages

and

disadvantages

of studying a different

language

before Secondary

school

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and will demonstrate why the

advantages

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outweight

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outweigh

the

disadvantages

.

First

of all, learning a foreign

language

boosts

children

's confidence and improve their performance in other subjects.

Children

gain a great

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sense

of accomplishment from learning to say things in a foreign

language

, and it

also

provides opportunities to perform before an audience.

For example

, using the new

language

in a

school

 play, or simply counting to ten in front of the

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,

this

all helps

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the young learners' self-esteem. Another advantage is that they do better

also

in other academic subjects

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because it improves

children

's memory and concentration,

for instance

, research shows that kids proficient in other languages

also

show signs of enhanced creativity and mental flexibility.

In contrast

, learning a foreign

language

during the very

first

school

years means introducing an extra subject to an already vast number of them so increased

work load

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and less time for extra activities like sports.

Also

learning a

second

language

could come at the cost of ignoring their

first

. 

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because

of

such

disadvantages

, some people believe that it is better

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till Secondary

school

to learn another

language

. Studying a foreign

language

from primary

school

has

advantages

and

disadvantages

.

Although

, the negative points must be taken into consideration, trying to mitigate their effects on

children

wellbeing, in my opinion, the

advantages

clearly

outweight

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outweigh

the

disadvantages

.