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

It is true that mastering a foreign language has become increasingly important in modern society as globalization is a trend in the world. Some specialists argue that it is more beneficial for children to begin learning a foreign language at primary school than secondary school. In my opinion, the advantages of this suggestion outweigh its disadvantages.

To begin with, there are several benefits brought by learning a foreign language at primary school. First, people are easier to accept new knowledge and concept, including a foreign language, when they are young. It is less difficult for children to get used to different aspects of a foreign language such as grammar. As a result, the earlier students learn a foreign language, the less likely they will be restricted by their mother tongue. Another merit is that children have a longer time for studying a foreign language if they do it at primary school instead of secondary school. The time of practicing is crucial to mastering a language, so it is better to begin learning at an early time. Experts in China have proved that introducing English classes at primary schools leads to better test scores and academic results. Accordingly, the Chinese government made the English language a compulsory class at primary school in more than 15 years ago.

Admittedly, some problems may be caused by this action. The most criticized one is that learning a foreign language at primary school will significantly increase the burden on children. Having extracurricular activities is also essential for both the physical and mental health of students, while an extra foreign language class will definitely cost more time and reduce these activities. As a result, students may even become less efficient in their studies. Moreover, it is also a heavy burden, both financially and culturally, to some local primary schools to hire specialized teachers, who are necessary for teaching foreign a language.

In conclusion, although learning a foreign language at primary school than secondary school may increase the burden on students and schools, I believe that its advantages outweigh the disadvantages in the long run.

Votes
Average: 4.2 (2 votes)

Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, first, if, may, moreover, second, so, while, in conclusion, such as, as a result, in my opinion, it is true, 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: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 24.0651302605 100% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 41.998997996 88% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.3376753507 36% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1831.0 1615.20841683 113% => OK
No of words: 348.0 315.596192385 110% => OK
Chars per words: 5.26149425287 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.31911543099 4.20363070211 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.91600128303 2.80592935109 104% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 176.041082164 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.502873563218 0.561755894193 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 567.9 506.74238477 112% => 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: 6.0 2.52805611222 237% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 5.0 2.10420841683 238% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 16.0721442886 106% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.2975951904 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.5594792005 49.4020404114 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.705882353 106.682146367 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.4705882353 20.7667163134 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.29411764706 7.06120827912 117% => 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 : 7.0 3.9879759519 176% => 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: 0.581691383093 0.244688304435 238% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.188435633273 0.084324248473 223% => Sentence topic similarity is high.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.152622812859 0.0667982634062 228% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.395111756918 0.151304729494 261% => Maybe some contents are duplicated.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0865367415025 0.056905535591 152% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 13.0946893788 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 50.2224549098 102% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.3001002004 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.23 12.4159519038 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.3 8.58950901804 97% => OK
difficult_words: 81.0 78.4519038076 103% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 9.78957915832 87% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.1190380762 99% => 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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