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 outweigh the disadvantages?

The turmoil among members of the educational community over the recent years has posed a query about the impact of

students

' school grades on mastering different

languages

. Pedagogical experts discern that it is advantageous for pupils to acquire new

languages

in elementary grades rather than in the upcoming grades. I believe that the

merits

of

this

trend surpass the demerits. In the following lines, both the

merits

and the demerits along with the evidence that substantiates my claims will be

further

scrutinized before reaching a reasonable conclusion. On the one hand, despite my disagreement,teaching another

language

to children at elementary school can negatively influence

students

' national identity.

This

is because when a

language

other than the mother

language

of the country is incorporated into curricula at primary school, impressionable learners will be highly affected by the newly introduced culture;

consequently

, their cultural heritage will not be preserved. An eminent example of

this

is international schools in Egypt where

students

are taught to master various

languages

from the kindergarten stages;

however

, the professionality that they showed in commanding these

languages

profoundly jeopardized their own

language

.

Thus

, what can be said is that not only does

this

notion compromise juveniles' mother

language

, but it

also

negatively impacts maintaining their cultural identity.

On the other hand

, the acquisition of new linguistics at an early age has a plethora of

merits

. To illustrate

this

, if schools give great attention to letting young

students

command different

languages

at a young age, these children will definitely guarantee promising job opportunities in the future.

For instance

, multinational companies around the world offer lucrative jobs with competitive salaries and generous benefits to those who can demonstrate unparalleled multilingual skills.

Moreover

, their communication skills will be improved as they will globally communicate with people from different backgrounds.

Hence

, as early as a

language

is acquired, both social and economic benefits will be inevitable. In conclusion, after

this

essay has manifested the above-mentioned points, it can be reiterated that the

merits

of early command over new

languages

in terms of future promising opportunities and enhancing interpersonal skills exceeds its demerits of afflicting learners' acquisition of their cultural social norms. I am a staunch believer that people who develop scholar syllabi must include multi-

languages

at all levels.