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?
In a world where globalisation and technological advances have significantly developed to such an astonishing extent, it is necessary for people to improve their personal values in order not to to get left behind. Learning a second language is a crucial skill to obtain, and this has proven to be extremely beneficial in all aspects of life, especially in the workplace. As a result, there has been some discussion regarding the most suitable age to begin learning a foreign language. Many experts believe that children should do this at primary school, and this is an opinion which I think should be strongly supported because of its plus points.
To begin with, the idea that children should be introduced to a second language at a small age is acceptable due to the high learning speed. In simpler terms, kids have a tendency to comprehend new knowledge and ideas far quicker when they are younger; therefore, this stage of life would be the most appropriate to learn a foreign language. The concept of new words or their pronunciations will be engraved in their mind with relative ease, helping them develop further later on in their life. What is more, since young kids are not afraid or shy to make failures, they can keep practising and trying in a stress-free environment. Through many trials and correcting their own errors, the learning efficiency would be surprisingly high.
On the other hand, there are some aspects of a second language which can be difficult to comprehend when kids are still young. For example, tons of new vocabulary and complicated grammar points may be too much for young kids at primary school, on the grounds that they have not fully developed their concentrating skills and their attention span may be relatively short. Additionally, many parents are afraid that introduction to a foreign language at such an early stage would interfere with the study of other traditional subjects such as their native language or maths. This is also reasonable as many children are less willing to learn all the time, and too much schoolwork will form unnecessary pressure on them.
To sum up, despite some several drawbacks mentioned above, I hold the belief that exposure to a foreign language is essential for young children. However, teachers and educational authorities should find the most proper method to do this so that it would not affect other subjects that primary-school kids have to learn.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 192, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: to
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, if, may, regarding, second, so, still, therefore, for example, i think, such as, as a result, to begin with, to sum up, what is more, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 13.1623246493 175% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 7.85571142285 178% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 10.4138276553 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 7.30460921844 164% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 24.0651302605 129% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 53.0 41.998997996 126% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 8.3376753507 48% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2031.0 1615.20841683 126% => OK
No of words: 405.0 315.596192385 128% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01481481481 5.12529762239 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.48604634366 4.20363070211 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.81526312219 2.80592935109 100% => OK
Unique words: 214.0 176.041082164 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.528395061728 0.561755894193 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 619.2 506.74238477 122% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 9.0 4.76152304609 189% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 20.2975951904 133% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 37.6046096465 49.4020404114 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.4 106.682146367 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.0 20.7667163134 130% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.0666666667 7.06120827912 157% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 3.4128256513 176% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.262708518123 0.244688304435 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0906635173756 0.084324248473 108% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0662131019947 0.0667982634062 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.187685832757 0.151304729494 124% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0675828907141 0.056905535591 119% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.7 13.0946893788 120% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 50.2224549098 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.4159519038 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.52 8.58950901804 99% => OK
difficult_words: 91.0 78.4519038076 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 9.78957915832 153% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.1190380762 126% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => 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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