Advantages Of Learning A Second Language In Middle School

For many us who took a foreign language course for a couple of years in middle school and high school, and perhaps even college, might be able to retain a few words or phrases here and there. Most likely the language you were offered was hard to comprehend and difficult to speak, therefore making the language almost impossible to obtain. For those children who grow up learning a foreign language from a young age and did not start learning a second language in secondary school benefit tremendously. Children’s brains can obtain much more information, including a foreign language at an impressive rate. Also, learning a second language earlier in life can help improve certain aspects of their lives. Socially you will be able to communicate and …show more content…
“It is true that age plays a key role in second language learning and younger language learners are more successful children should be exposed to a second language, and can interact with others, but when to expose children to a second language, is extremely important.” Per this article written by Farzaneh, Mehri, and Mostafa Movahed (disadvantage……) Those who started learning a second language in Elementary school are 70% more likely to reach an intermediate level of communication compared to those who learn in middle school and high school. Young foreign language students have better attention skills than students who know only one language. These students also develop the ability to select and maintain focus better than other children and adults, which plays a key role in academic success (Wermelinger, Stephanie, Anja Gampe, and Moritz M. Daum. "Bilingual Toddlers Have Advanced Abilities To Repair Communication …show more content…
Some say that is may cause poor education and learning disabilities and language mixing. If a parent at home does not also speak the language it can be ifficult to help your cild practice speaking. A large part f learning a new language is frequency. If the family at home can not speak that language it s very hard for your child to learn. Tutoring can also become very expensive. When learning a new languge you need to be able to work on it constantly. This seems to make sense if you think about how children typically learn English, you don’t just learn the whole dicotionary over night. Children are more likely to pick up a second language when practed frequently. In conclusion, language mixing, like Spanglish, may become an issue if not fluently spoken and practiced on the daily basis. Another reaccuring is is teaching in primary schools. Techers may not hae the necessary language skills, or not highly trained professionals. Primary language teaching needs to be standardized, so that secondary schools do not face problems with their