In some countries, schools are teaching foreign languages to primary school children. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?
In today’s modern society, many primary schools usually force their students to learn a new language. I strongly believe that the beneficial effects are more considerable than the detrimental ones.
It is undeniable that teaching foreign languages to primary school students has many demerits. First, children at that age usually do not know exactly what languages they are enthusiastic about, and schools may only teach them major languages such as English or Spanish. As a result, a child can feel demotivated and is likely to lose their interest in learning a new language when growing up. Second, young learners may have to withstand more pressure. It is possible that they have to be under a lot of peer pressure to catch up with others. Besides, the amount of homework that students have to finish will increase, which can also be undoubtedly stressful.
However, it is my firm belief that the benefits of organizing language classes in primary schools are more significant. To begin with, learning foreign languages at a young age might help children to broaden their horizons. The main reason for this is that it enables schoolers to understand other countries’ culture. A good example of this is that learning English can provide students with knowledge about the cultures of such countries as England or New Zealand. Furthermore, being fluent in a second language can be a base for children to study many other subjects in the future. Also, for learners who have the intention to study abroad, getting used to a new language at an early age is a huge advantage for them.
In conclusion, it is clear that teaching foreign languages for primary school students has several drawbacks. However, I am firmly convinced that the upsides are much weightier than the downsides.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 497, Rule ID: A_LOT_OF_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun peer seems to be countable; consider using: 'a lot of peers'.
Suggestion: a lot of peers
... is possible that they have to be under a lot of peer pressure to catch up with others. Besid...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 662, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...hich can also be undoubtedly stressful. However, it is my firm belief that the b...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, first, furthermore, however, if, may, second, so, thus, in conclusion, such as, as a result, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 10.4138276553 38% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 7.30460921844 178% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 24.0651302605 112% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 41.998997996 83% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 8.3376753507 12% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1499.0 1615.20841683 93% => OK
No of words: 295.0 315.596192385 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.0813559322 5.12529762239 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14434120667 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73561632318 2.80592935109 97% => OK
Unique words: 164.0 176.041082164 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.55593220339 0.561755894193 99% => OK
syllable_count: 456.3 506.74238477 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.2975951904 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 26.1617564395 49.4020404114 53% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 93.6875 106.682146367 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.4375 20.7667163134 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.5625 7.06120827912 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.01903807615 40% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => 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: 0.300235740795 0.244688304435 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0985987450376 0.084324248473 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.1055392806 0.0667982634062 158% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.180988709799 0.151304729494 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0525135027578 0.056905535591 92% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.7 13.0946893788 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 50.2224549098 123% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.3001002004 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.18 12.4159519038 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.33 8.58950901804 97% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 78.4519038076 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 9.78957915832 87% => 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: 61.797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.5 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 497, Rule ID: A_LOT_OF_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun peer seems to be countable; consider using: 'a lot of peers'.
Suggestion: a lot of peers
... is possible that they have to be under a lot of peer pressure to catch up with others. Besid...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 662, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...hich can also be undoubtedly stressful. However, it is my firm belief that the b...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, first, furthermore, however, if, may, second, so, thus, in conclusion, such as, as a result, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 10.4138276553 38% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 7.30460921844 178% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 24.0651302605 112% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 41.998997996 83% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 8.3376753507 12% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1499.0 1615.20841683 93% => OK
No of words: 295.0 315.596192385 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.0813559322 5.12529762239 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14434120667 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73561632318 2.80592935109 97% => OK
Unique words: 164.0 176.041082164 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.55593220339 0.561755894193 99% => OK
syllable_count: 456.3 506.74238477 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.2975951904 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 26.1617564395 49.4020404114 53% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 93.6875 106.682146367 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.4375 20.7667163134 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.5625 7.06120827912 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.01903807615 40% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => 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: 0.300235740795 0.244688304435 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0985987450376 0.084324248473 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.1055392806 0.0667982634062 158% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.180988709799 0.151304729494 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0525135027578 0.056905535591 92% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.7 13.0946893788 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 50.2224549098 123% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.3001002004 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.18 12.4159519038 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.33 8.58950901804 97% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 78.4519038076 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 9.78957915832 87% => 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: 61.797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.5 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.