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

Educational pundits in some quarters are of the opinion that it would benefit

children

to start learning a foreign language at

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high

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accession will indeed be a plus as studying a foreign tongue at

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level

is proven to improve a

child

's cognitive abilities.

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proposed learning option lies

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the struggle

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for

children

with learning

disabilities

to cope with too much information.

Children

who already suffer from one or multiple learning

disabilities

will find it very difficult to adapt and follow instructions involved in studying a novel language due to the technicality in the teaching. A

child

can become disoriented and begin to develop

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for the classroom due to the increased tension in the classroom. A study conducted by the American Psychological Association showed that

children

between the ages of 3 to 10 with learning

disabilities

with particular reference to dyslexia tend to struggle with recognizing sounds in speech, as well as patterns and spellings of unfamiliar words, though the condition tends to improve by 70 per cent from ages 14 and above.

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primary

school

rather than secondary

school

level

cannot be overemphasized as

this

goes a long way to

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increasing his or her capacity to be generally a more knowledgeable individual. A research carried out by

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of education at the University of Chester found

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that learning a different tongue at an early stage of life between the ages of 3 to 10 years improved a

child

's intelligence quotient by 90 per cent. To conclude, though learning a foreign language at an early stage of life rather than starting later in secondary

school

level

has immense benefits as it enhances the intelligence of a

child

, it is

also

worthy to note the downside of

this

to

children

struggle with learning

disabilities

like dyslexia.