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?”

Certain educational professionals opine that it would be advantageous if teenagers start commanding a foreign language at primary levels

instead

of secondary schools. I strongly condemn

this

statement, as kids are already over-burdened by the existing education system.

Firstly

, we will discuss the drastic impact of

this

on children and

secondly

, we will explain how it is going to be a bane rather than a boon.

To begin

with, students nowadays are facing immense societal along with performance pressure and implementing the above-stated idea would definitely add fuel to fire.

Furthermore

, it would be expecting a lot from a six years old boy to become multi-lingual. We should not forget that primary schools were established to nurture kids by enhancing their creativity, not to convert their brains into pressure cookers.

For instance

, my niece went to a public junior creche and learnt moral as well as ethical values, whereas her brother later went to a convent primary school but could not perform well in exams as was crushed under a load of multiple activities.

Thus

, it is evident that junior age is to cherish the lovely time, which should not be spoiled by adding unnecessary activities to it.

On the other hand

, it is no doubt that language is a wine over lips, but teenage is not an appropriate time to taste

such

drinks.

Additionally

, there is a limited scope of learning a non-native speech, which at least cannot be decided at

such

a young age.

For example

, I learnt French in my school, but after growing up, I opted for

such

a profession that has no scope in France.

Also

, we have a facility of Google translator in case we need to communicate if we are travelling to a foreign destination or talking to them.

Therefore

, we certainly can say that the purview of learning an additional language is reducing with the emerging technology and is turning out to be a useless asset for everyone. To conclude, looking at the negatives and limited worth of any new lingual,

this

ideology would be unfair for toddlers to acquaint themselves with an overseas speech. I do believe that the disadvantages definitely outweigh the advantages.