Due to the globalization, acquiring foreign languages are becoming a trend all over the world. However,such trend raised numerous controversies on whether a child should start learning a foreign language at primary school rather than the usual program. In my opinion, this idea has its ups and downs which will be discussed further to asset if the advantages truly outweigh the disadvantages.
In terms of merits, the top benefit of starting to learn a new language at primary school is that children will have more time to master the language. Primary students have little or no assignments; hence, they do not need to divide their concentration on many things at the same time This means that not only does starting to learn a new language at such age grants children more time to master the language but it also help they focus entirely on their learning. Next to that, exposing to a foreign language early can help form mindsets for children. It is verified that multi-linguists possess a set of mindsets that take turn influence the brain's activities. Ultimately, creating new mindsets for children helps enhance their creativity, logic, deduction skill and critical thinking.
Nevertheless, trying to learn a new language at such early age leads to various detrimental consequences. In terms of linguistic skills, children's linguistic ability has yet to develop properly, so introducing another language causes confusion for the children. As a result, they fail to utilise their mother tongue as well as the foreign language or end up mixing up the native language and the foreign language. Moreover, children have not yet to control their behaviours completely and they have not acquired the autonomy, so forcing them to learn so much at this age can be pseudo-scientific. Next, learning new languages in primary school take away students' leisure time. Ordinarily, children spend 5 to 8 hours a day at school. This is the sufficient time for youngsters to gain and absorb information. However, many parents sign up for extra-curriculum language classes for their children that reduce the usual leisure time of their kids. Consequently, children lack not only physical activies but they also do not have the time to develop other life skills.
To conclude, it is clear that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages in many cases. But in spite of such disadvantages, it is still an outstanding idea to study a foreign language in primary years with the right instructor and methods.
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- Nowadays children mostly spend their time playing computer games rather than sports.What are the reasons for this? Is it a positive or negative development. 89
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...rtainly outweight the advantages in many cases. Nevertheless, it is not entirely ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, firstly, however, if, lastly, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, still, therefore, well, while, for example, as well as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 13.1623246493 99% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 10.4138276553 173% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 7.30460921844 151% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 24.0651302605 150% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 62.0 41.998997996 148% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2505.0 1615.20841683 155% => OK
No of words: 479.0 315.596192385 152% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.22964509395 5.12529762239 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.67825486995 4.20363070211 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.85205114245 2.80592935109 102% => OK
Unique words: 261.0 176.041082164 148% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.544885177453 0.561755894193 97% => OK
syllable_count: 776.7 506.74238477 153% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.76152304609 147% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 16.0721442886 143% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.2975951904 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.2609071762 49.4020404114 102% => OK
Chars per sentence: 108.913043478 106.682146367 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.8260869565 20.7667163134 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.26086956522 7.06120827912 103% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 8.67935871743 150% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.9879759519 150% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.304884307119 0.244688304435 125% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0817543214854 0.084324248473 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.103560003986 0.0667982634062 155% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.183644662593 0.151304729494 121% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.145991473163 0.056905535591 257% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 13.0946893788 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 50.2224549098 102% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.3001002004 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.05 12.4159519038 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.78 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 126.0 78.4519038076 161% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 9.78957915832 87% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.1190380762 99% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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