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?

Some specialists say that the ability to grasp a new language declines with the increase of age, so the earlier one is exposed to a new language the better, meaning that primary schools are a better choice than secondary schools for the beginning of language learning.
Foreign language teaching at primary schools allows students’ exposure to a new language increase by up to six years, and more time means more knowledge. People are fluent in their native tongue because they have listened to and spoken it since they first had the sense of communication. If a second language is exposed to children at a young enough age, there is even the possibility that they will be equally fluent in both languages, like the children in families with parents from different countries.
Younger minds are more flexible and more likely to accept new things. Their language habits are not yet restricted by their native tongue, which makes learning the rules of a new language much easier. Many different languages have completely different grammar rules; if one has been using one kind for ten or more years, how difficult will it be for him or her to get used to a completely new one?
However, the teaching of languages at primary schools may give rise to more courses and tests. This results in more pressure for students to get good grades, and also for schools to recruit good teachers, especially in test-orientated education systems. This will not only take the fun out of getting to understand another language, but also twist languages into tools to get into good universities instead of tools of communication.
When it comes to the end, it doesn’t really matter when foreign language learning begins, as long as students can really master the language and enjoy the process.

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IELTS Writing Task II - IELTS Academic
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 202, Rule ID: NUMEROUS_DIFFERENT[1]
Message: Use simply 'Many'.
Suggestion: Many
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, really, second, so

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 13.1623246493 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 7.85571142285 64% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 24.0651302605 71% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 41.998997996 98% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.3376753507 36% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1495.0 1615.20841683 93% => OK
No of words: 300.0 315.596192385 95% => OK
Chars per words: 4.98333333333 5.12529762239 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.16179145029 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7017257859 2.80592935109 96% => OK
Unique words: 165.0 176.041082164 94% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.55 0.561755894193 98% => OK
syllable_count: 466.2 506.74238477 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Interrogative: 2.0 0.384769539078 520% => Less interrogative sentences wanted.
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 4.76152304609 21% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 16.0721442886 68% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 27.0 20.2975951904 133% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 52.9999220333 49.4020404114 107% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.909090909 106.682146367 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.2727272727 20.7667163134 131% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.90909090909 7.06120827912 70% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 3.9879759519 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.279847473102 0.244688304435 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.103067762611 0.084324248473 122% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0893999176364 0.0667982634062 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.158316004515 0.151304729494 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.088929366444 0.056905535591 156% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.7 13.0946893788 120% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.07 50.2224549098 88% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.3001002004 122% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.9 12.4159519038 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.24 8.58950901804 96% => OK
difficult_words: 62.0 78.4519038076 79% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 9.78957915832 138% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.1190380762 126% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.7795591182 130% => 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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