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
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it
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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
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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
.
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