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It is true that with the globalization becoming, emphasizing the importance of a second foreign language has been a common scene in our society. Some professionals claim that younger age is beneficial for children to learn a foreign language. However, others claim that it brings negative impacts.
On the one hand, some argue that early education might promotes children to be more confused and under stress. That is to say, the period of primary school plays vital role to them since this is process of building their characters and developing their personalities. Also, a language is directly related to culture, which if school try to hold down both language classes at the same time, it results in suffering identity crisis for their students. As it is, most second-generation koreans find that it is more likely to be difficult to establish their identity. On the other hand, others say that acquiring a second language at primary school makes children adjust it quicker. This is because children’s ability to think tend to be more flexible than adults’ that. For instance, my younger cousin took only a year to master her English skill to some extend despite fewer education, while her old brother who is high school student spent 3 years on learning it. In addition, early language education can save students’ time and energy. In other words, there is relatively not enough time for students who are getting older to focus on a foreign language due to many works to do rather than primary students. Not only that, young children have less sense of rejection about learning new things and experiences. Therefore, they are more open-minded and less pressure, which encourage them to absorb their language capacity efficiently.
In conclusion, there seems to be more benefits than drawbacks: It is early education about a foreign language that is more useful in a long-term perspective. |