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 recent years, learning a new language plays a crucial role in the modern world, but when it is the right time for people to gain this knowledge. Many experts argue that studying them at primary school is better than the elementary school. From my viewpoint, the advantages provided by this method far outweigh its disadvantages.
Many reasons that support the idea of the benefits of learning a second language. The obvious explanation for the idea is that young children can learn new knowledge more effectively than the older one since, at that age, their brains can obtain numerous amounts of information. They, therefore, tend to be willing to receive more knowledge, which teenagers are losing out, to satisfy their curiosity. Another response to this concept is the education programs for the primary’s timetable allows children to expose new language more frequently while elementary programs are lacking. For example, in Vietnam, young children have to learn only 7 or 8 subjects, while this number for teenagers is 13 or 14.
There are, however, some drawbacks that counterweight the advantages. Learning a new language can make youngsters confused, as they still have to learn their native language, which may provide negative results for them. If they learn their first language and the new one simultaneously, they may have a misunderstanding of the grammar of both languages. Thus, the outcome of receiving information on children can, therefore, be different. This disadvantage can be explained by not all children have equal study levels, and not all primary education systems have the same method of teaching, resulting in a wide range of levels of youngsters for elementary schools not only foreign language but also other subjects. Fortunately, everyone can solve this drawback.
In conclusion, given the various negatives of introducing a new language to children, I believe that the benefits can overcome the drawbacks and that children should study a foreign language while they are in primary schools.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, second, so, still, therefore, thus, while, for example, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 10.4138276553 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 24.0651302605 112% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 41.998997996 79% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1710.0 1615.20841683 106% => OK
No of words: 324.0 315.596192385 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.27777777778 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24264068712 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89915212892 2.80592935109 103% => OK
Unique words: 181.0 176.041082164 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.558641975309 0.561755894193 99% => OK
syllable_count: 523.8 506.74238477 103% => 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
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 61.1167916552 49.4020404114 124% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.0 106.682146367 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.6 20.7667163134 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.0 7.06120827912 99% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.333908984911 0.244688304435 136% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.105539872129 0.084324248473 125% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0793692523672 0.0667982634062 119% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.214159295849 0.151304729494 142% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0677147688886 0.056905535591 119% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.2 13.0946893788 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 50.2224549098 100% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.34 12.4159519038 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.92 8.58950901804 104% => OK
difficult_words: 87.0 78.4519038076 111% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => 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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