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Advantages and disadvantages of learning a foreign language at primary school

#language #school
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Traditionally,
children
 begin studying foreign
languages
 at secondary school. Many individual schools or educationalists have recommended
to study
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 foreign
languages
 at an earlier stage.
However
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this
 policy may bring some advantages along with some disadvantages.
This
 essay will
further
 discuss whether extending foreign
language
 study to the primary stages is beneficial and if disadvantages may occur in the later stages.
Obviously
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 young
children
 pick up
languages
 much more easily than teenagers. Their brains are programmed to learn their mother tongue which
also
 facilitates learning another
language
. At a young age,
children
 are enthusiastic to explore and to learn new things. The primary
time table
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 should allow more frequent shorter sessions for maintaining
learner's
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 enthusiasm and progress. Acquiring foreign
languages
 can
also
 help them to understand other cultures.
However
, there are some disadvantages. Primary school teachers may not have the necessary
language
 skills or they are not well trained for that particular
languages
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. If any
language
 specialist is called
then
 the flexibility of sessions is diminished. Primary
language
 teaching needs to be standardised
,
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 so that secondary schools do not face problems in their intake. Failing to undoes the earlier gains. In some situations, it would become very stressful to the child when he has to learn three
languages
 i.e. native
languages
 and foreign
languages
. Some researchers have shown from their studies that
such
children
 have difficulties in deciding which
language
 to speak and may end up learning nothing, In conclusion, a standardised policy can be adopted at primary schools which can
also
 benefit society culturally and economically. Young
children
's grasping power can make these benefits more achievable
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