You should spend about 40 minutes in this task.
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?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant example from your own knowledge or experience.
Knowing another language has always been found useful. Understanding this, an increasing number of countries decide to teach children a foreign language at elementary school instead of secondary school. Both advantages and disadvantages of this should be considered.
The downsides are visible. The first is for the students themselves. It could be difficult for children aged 5 to 10 years old to learn their mother language and a new one at the same time. Kids this young tend to be playful and impatient since their personalities aren't fully developed. Secondly, due to this nature, the teachers need to put in extra effort for lessons clearly understood. The pressure can also be acknowledged by schools. Primary school teachers usually teach several subjects in only one class they’re responsible for so it makes sense for school administrators to hire teachers who are familiar with the foreign language as well. Additionally, parents are likely to find it hard to support their kids’ learning. Such youngsters need lots of hand-holding so if parents don’t speak the language, it’s nearly impossible for them to help out with homework. Furthermore, money and time investment can be a big issue for the government. All stages along the process, starting from doing extra research and planning to managing the delivery and making adjustments when appropriate, can take a federal-level budget and years of implementation. In brief, teaching students another language earlier at school may require time and effort from many parties involved.
On the other hand, this approach of teaching is believed to bring more benefits. Children might struggle to learn more than one language at a young age but this can be prevented if the curriculum is well-thought-out and carefully conducted. For instance, easy-to-confuse contents such as alphabets and numbers will need to be taught separately. As for parents, they might not be able to assist their children if they don’t know the language. However, they can always inform school staff of the problems their child is having. Another solution is getting a private tutor which could be sometimes expensive yet an effective way to give the child the assistance he or she needs. More importantly, the five or 6 year extra plays a key role in determining a student’s overall language proficiency. This means that the earlier they begin to learn the language, the easier and faster for them to master it. The fact is that kids within this age group are more open, receptive, and not afraid of making mistakes which is a crucial factor contributing to language success. The ability to not only knowing but using a second language efficiently can result in a better chance for future job opportunities. Besides being highly valued within the student’s country, when the majority of young people can speak another language, that nation’s population can become more competitive in the eyes of the world. The language learning process often involves the use of songs, movies, and games. Through these, young kids can develop many positive traits. Examples are cultural sensitivity, empathy, and tolerance towards things that are different from their familiar environment. People are the future of a country so if young children can grow into skilled and well-rounded adults, this can make an impressive impact on society as a whole. To sum up, the advantages of providing an additional language education at the elementary level are more profound.
In conclusion, while it may be challenging for teachers, parents, the government, and even the students who are taught a new language at elementary school, the effect of this has proved significant. Consequently, I believe the advantages outperform the disadvantages.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 196, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: aren't
...and impatient since their personalities arent fully developed. Secondly, due to this ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, consequently, first, furthermore, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, well, while, as for, for instance, in brief, in conclusion, such as, to sum up, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 13.1623246493 213% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 22.0 7.85571142285 280% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 21.0 10.4138276553 202% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 38.0 24.0651302605 158% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 67.0 41.998997996 160% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 8.3376753507 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3177.0 1615.20841683 197% => OK
No of words: 602.0 315.596192385 191% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.27740863787 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.95335121839 4.20363070211 118% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.97277642913 2.80592935109 106% => OK
Unique words: 324.0 176.041082164 184% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.538205980066 0.561755894193 96% => OK
syllable_count: 965.7 506.74238477 191% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 5.43587174349 166% => OK
Article: 13.0 2.52805611222 514% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 0.809619238477 494% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 33.0 16.0721442886 205% => Too many sentences.
Sentence length: 18.0 20.2975951904 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.4751505453 49.4020404114 98% => OK
Chars per sentence: 96.2727272727 106.682146367 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.2424242424 20.7667163134 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.78787878788 7.06120827912 82% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.01903807615 40% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 21.0 8.67935871743 242% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 3.4128256513 205% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.287381881579 0.244688304435 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0717184492588 0.084324248473 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0621083396989 0.0667982634062 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.213322315301 0.151304729494 141% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0443614327833 0.056905535591 78% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 13.0946893788 96% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 50.2224549098 106% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.3001002004 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.34 12.4159519038 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.75 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 161.0 78.4519038076 205% => Less difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 9.78957915832 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.1190380762 91% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.