Some people 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?

Several People nowadays state that

children

would be better off learning their

second

language

in elementary

school

than in junior high

school

. In my opinion, learning a foreign

language

in elementary

school

is still more practical,

although

there are some negative impacts

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they still can be overcome.

To begin

with, there are two advantages to making

children

study

a foreign languages

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in their primary

school

time.

First

, based on research

children

who are in the age of primary

school

learn faster than teenagers. In

this

age, they can keep any new information faster and it will store in their memory longer.

For example

, the Indonesian government

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a policy for all elementary schools to provide

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lessons and

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result many

students

in

this

stage

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already have basic

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English

after they graduate. The

next

advantage, the lesson in elementary

school

has less pressure than the middle high

school

which good conditions to learn

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new things. In junior high

school

, the

student

will face

a complex subjects

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such

as science and even a complex mathematic lesson that will take more time of the

student

, so most

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the

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students

will not concern with subjects

such

as

language

. As the result, studying a new

language

is much better in primary

school

because

this

stage is what we can say is a golden time for studying another

language

.

Besides

the benefits of studying a new

language

in primary

school

, there are

also

drawbacks that we need to concern about. The

first

issue is most of the teachers in elementary

school

do not have a higher level of education to teach

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a foreign

language

.

This

situation can make the

student

will only get the basics and it will only make the

children

need to have

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further

lessons to get

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in another

language

.

For example

, in Indonesia most of

teachers

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in these schools do not have a proper education level in giving

English

lessons, so after these

students

graduate they only know the basics of

English

and need to learn more in junior high

school

. Another issue is

children

in elementary

school

psychologically do not understand the value of learning another

language

.

This

phenomenon happens because

children

at that age are still labile and they will only do what they think is fun for them, so it will be hard for a teacher to teach them appropriately.

Therefore

, these drawbacks still need to be

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by all people to make

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children

can learn better in elementary

school

. In conclusion, even with all of the shortcomings, it is still better to give

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children knowledge

about another

language

since it is easier to accept by the

student

and there are few obstacles that

children

must face in

this

stage.

Hence

, the government must find a way to solve the problem of the lack of qualifications of teachers in elementary

school

, so that in the future all of the

students

in primary

school

can learn a foreign

language

much better.