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?

Nowadays, it has become very common to witness young individuals learning a foreign language. The statistics demonstrate that 40 per cent of these learners are

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studying

in primary schools and about 30 per cent are secondary

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students. There are some advantages

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as being able to immigrate

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early age and study from websites of other countries,

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, some disadvantages are included as well. In

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essay, I will explore the pros and cons of

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and try to draw some conclusions. One of the major benefits of doing

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at primary

school

is that the opportunity of immigration will have happened by their eighteens.

For instance

, in 2002, more than half of the immigrants to Canada were teenagers who studied

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at the

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years of their

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early

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,

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brain can gain a lot of information quickly and well, which makes the learning

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process

faster. Another main advantage of

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is that they can watch movies or read books in the language they have learnt which makes them more literate than others when they are in secondary or high

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.

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, they will be able to communicate with people who

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abroad.

On the other hand

, the main drawback which many families

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let their child

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begin at that age is that the young individuals might get frustrated

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which would lead them to obtain low scores, and as a child,

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would lower their confidence.

For example

, in an interview with these young teenagers in 2004, most of them were dissatisfied

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condition. Another downside of

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can be confusion. The reason for

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is the lack of general information, which in higher stages would be a great problem. In conclusion, there are both positives and negatives of doing

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in the starting years of

school

. Personally, I believe, the beneficial points outweigh any drawbacks.