Some experts believe that it is better for children to begin learning a foreign language at primary schools rather than secondary schools. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

A school of thought holds that learning an additional

language

at primary

schools

instead

of secondary

schools

would bring tangible and immediate benefits for

children

.

This

essay would completely opine that

this

development

would exert a positive impact on the comprehensive's abilities of

children

and their academic

background

, irrespective of a minor drawback in terms of

language

-related disorder. A number of advantages could be seen when a

second

language

is taught to young

children

. To be more specific, not only

this

development

would play an imperative role in facilitating the comprehension of students, but it

also

provides

children

with a profound academic

background

for higher education. The primary reason for

this

development

is that during their formative years, if primary

children

are exposed to another

language

, they would have more opportunities to enhance their

language

skills by mimicking the pronunciation of the other

language

or watching movies,

thus

, effortlessly learning an additional

language

.

In addition

, when students are exposed to a foreign

language

during their primary

schools

, they would have more academic

background

before entering

a

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higher education.

For instance

, a surveyed conduct by The Guardians over a sample of 3000 students studying English since primary

schools

and secondary

schools

demonstrates that exactly 79% of those who study English during their formative years achieving higher scores when doing an English test including listening, speaking, and reading, with the scores ranging from 70 to 90 over 100, compared to an average score of 56 of the remaining group. Those opposed to

this

say that

this

development

would cause one problem concerning

language

-related disorder due to

the

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simultaneously learning two languages, including their mother tongue and an additional

language

. Irrespective of that,

this

essay believes that

this

solely happens when the

children

are overexposed to two languages,

such

as having parents who use different speech;

therefore

, the fundamental learning progress of another

language

would not impose a severe influence on the

children

's

language

abilities. In conclusion, learning another

language

during the formative years would be advantageous in terms of facilitating the comprehensive skills of

children

and providing them with a profound

background

. Though it has a certain disadvantage of

language

-related disorder;

however

,

this

small loss is worth the gain it offers.