Advantages Of Learning Foreign Language Essay

A foreign language is a language that is native for the citizen of another country. For example, the foreign language that the Malaysian had studied when in primary school was the Mandarin, English, Malay or Tamil as compare to America citizen who has to wait till secondary school. Learning a foreign language should be made compulsory for all primary school students because the students could learn it easily, make them smarter, could communicate with citizen from other countries but also have a higher job opportunities.

Primary school students could easily learn a foreign language when they are still young. (Robin n.d.). Thompson (cited in Eyerly 2000), that brain has the responsibility to help us in learning a new language but it will eventually stop after age 11 and make people harder to learn another language. For example, adult learn another language by repeating study the language but children use the deep motor area of their brain to absorb the language (Robin n.d.). Young children won't scare making any mistake or mispronouncing words when they learn foreign language as compare to adults (Robin n.d.). Young children also don't need to master the complexity of the language as they know fewer words than the adult. Center for Applied Linguistics said that adult used their thinking skills and intellectual abilities to connect the …show more content…
Children that study a foreign language in primary school will build a better basis comparable to the children that did not study foreign language ( Henry 2012). Children will have a better communication skills and could learn other subjects more easier compare to those who didn't study a foreign language when they were in primary school (Henry 2012). According to Kim 2013, student who study foreign language will improve their reading and writing skills. Not only that, it will make them to view think from different