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

Currently, It has become essential to learn more than one
language
.
However
, the age of beginning learning a new
language
is negotiable. Some individuals argue that it is better for
children
to learn a new
language
in primary school, while others think that it is better to postpone it until
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secondary school. Mastering the new
language
, and the good memory among young
children
are the advantages of
this
, while confusion between the original
language
and the new
language
, and the overwhelming home tasks are the drawbacks. I will elaborate
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more in the
next
few lines. The
first
merit of learning a new
language
in early childhood is good
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of it.
In other words
, when pupils learn a new
language
,
such
as English, they would never
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and they can read, write, speak, and listen as native people. The
second
advantage is the good memory of youngs.
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means that the earlier
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start learning a new
language
, the shorter the time they need to grasp it.
For instance
, there was a study conducted at Cairo University proved that the time needed to have a good command of English halved if they started in primary school.
On the other hand
, it is said that
children
would become overwhelmed with their homework
as a result
of early learning of a new
language
.
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that there will be more effort to be done at home to study
this
language
in addition
to their subjects,
such
as mathematics, since, and social studies.
Moreover
, they said that early
language
learning may lead
children
confused between their original
language
and the new one.
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, unintentionally,
children
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the new
language
rather than their mother tongue.
For example
, the majority of pupils who learned English showed negative effects on their native
language
.
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time. In conclusion, having stated these merits, and demerits, I believe that the advantages of early learning a new
language
outweigh the disadvantages.
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