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Thanks to globalization, people in modern society have more chances to interact with foreigners, so that (so that의 잘못된 사용. 따로 예문보고 익혀주세요) the importance of learning a foreign language has been emphasized. Different from other academic studies, however, acquiring linguistic proficiency tends to become harder for older people as they are accustomed to their mother tongue too much. In this regard, whether or not teaching a second language for children at primary school is better than secondary school has become a frequent topic of people’s debate. As far as I am concerned, however, in terms of studying foreign languages, the earlier is the better. This could be understood by looking at the assertions given below.
To be first, studying other language in a younger age is beneficial for pronunciation. Young children tend to mimic everything including what they have heard from the others and never hesitate to make mistakes. Moreover, their flexible tongue and imperfect understanding of linguistic and cultural connection can help children absorb foreign languages like a sponge. Of course, secondary school students are still young enough to do so but the efficiency of learning cannot exceed that of their counterparts (secondary school studnets의 counterparts는 누구를 지칭하는 것인가요..?) as their speaking habits and tongues are not as flexible as primary school students. According to an article released few weeks ago, there was an interesting experiment regarding linguistic achievement between primary and secondary school students under the same condition. Astonishingly, in many different aspects – pronunciation, understanding of idioms and culture of the language, the former group showed more accomplishment than the latter.
Additionally, when children start learning a foreign language from their secondary school, they might not be able to feel an interest on it. Language is based on a communication or interaction between people. Unfortunately, however, today’s school education puts too much concentration focus on academic achievement for better grades. This phenomenon becomes more and more apparent as children becomes (어색한 단어, receive?) higher grades. Therefore, even if they have opportunities to study foreign languages and carry out high performance on examination, it is absurd to say that they are fluent at their second language. For instance, In in (대/소문자 주의) Korea, where everyone (너무 극단적 일반화 입니다 대부분..?) starts to learn English academically only for better university of employment opportunity, many people have a great understanding of grammar and vocabularies of English. However, as they approached to English for academic outcomes, they did not have chances to actually use their knowledge. In this sense, providing opportunities to study foreign language before children are obsessed with their grade, (<-no comma) can maximize the fluency of their second language.
To sum up, academic achievements in terms of foreign languages differs depending on one’s capability. Nevertheless, learning a foreign language at younger age is better for children because they can naturally understand the language and have more chances to be interested in it.
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