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?

Many people argued that beyond mother language, learning the second language, which would be applicated from primary school instead of until secondary school, is absolutely necessary for students. Although some considerable drawbacks, this issue brings obvious benefits for not only students but also society.

There are two main demerits which need to be considered before carrying on this educational policy. Firstly, primary students lack consciousness about the importance of their mother tongue when they study parallely two languages. For instance, in Vietnam, many children studying in international schools tend to use the second language more than their mother tongue even though they are not at school. Secondly, learning two languages at the same time might be a burden for children. Sometimes, they probably encounter troubles to distinguish how to spell letters in different languages such as "e" in Vietnamese and in English. These learning pressure can make them bored and lose inspiration for discovering other languages in the future.

On the other hand, acquiring early foreign languages also benefits children. Students who are accustomed to other languages at primary level could be more intelligent. This is because more early students learn languages, the more effectively their brains develop. Besides, students also have more opportunities to approach many documents or online courses if they learn well English. In addition, learning foreign languages at primary school can support students to more easily receive the scholarship for studying abroad.

In conclusion, early learning the second language could cause some pressure for students. However, it is also one of the main tools which support and motivate children to develop their capacity.

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Average: 6.7 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 163, Rule ID: ABSOLUTELY_ESSENTIAL[1]
Message: Use simply 'necessary'.
Suggestion: necessary
...l instead of until secondary school, is absolutely necessary for students. Although some considerabl...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so, well, for instance, in addition, in conclusion, such as, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 13.1623246493 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 10.4138276553 48% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 15.0 24.0651302605 62% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 41.998997996 71% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 8.3376753507 48% => More nominalization wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1526.0 1615.20841683 94% => OK
No of words: 267.0 315.596192385 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.71535580524 5.12529762239 112% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.04229324003 4.20363070211 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7747273857 2.80592935109 99% => OK
Unique words: 157.0 176.041082164 89% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.588014981273 0.561755894193 105% => OK
syllable_count: 464.4 506.74238477 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.384769539078 0% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 20.2975951904 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 33.3042539825 49.4020404114 67% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.733333333 106.682146367 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.8 20.7667163134 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.66666666667 7.06120827912 137% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
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: 0.300454769048 0.244688304435 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.105670263368 0.084324248473 125% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0745218610738 0.0667982634062 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.185972826195 0.151304729494 123% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0384473538723 0.056905535591 68% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 13.0946893788 110% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.76 50.2224549098 91% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.3001002004 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.6 12.4159519038 126% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.8 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 78.4519038076 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.1190380762 87% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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