■ Direction Read the question below. You have 30 minutes to plan, write, and revise your essay. Typically, an effective response will contain a minimum of 300 words. ■ Question Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Use specific reason and examples to support your answer | |
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Topic : Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should begin learning a foreign language as soon as they start school. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. | |
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Some people would disagree with the statement that children should begin learning a foreign language as soon as they start school in that learning a foreign language upon starting school would overburden children who would already have too much difficulty adapting themselves to school life. Their insistence, in some sense, is well-founded. The people with this point of view may assert that primary school-aged children may be under too much stress if they are urged to learn a foreign language. Of course we can understand that many of the children cannot find enough time for play. Also, their physical development might be slowed or might be stunted in an extreme case, Or some children who are at the initial stage of learning even their vernacular may be confused between the two different languages.
However, when it comes to learning a language, I think that the earlier the better. There are many written materials which I insist that once a person reaches a certain age level, somewhere between middle and high school age levels, his language learning ability begins to dwindle.
It seems to be evident when I think about one of my uncles. I hear that he had studied English over 30 years since his middle school days. No native English speaker would understand his intention or stand his pronunciation. His English seems to be really "international." Sometimes it sounds like Chinese, othertimes like Japanese, and othertimes like English. I understand that my uncle's agony was caused by the fact that he started to learn English too late.
In this era of globalization, a good command of a foreign language, especially English, cannot be too emphasized. We commonly agree that a foreign language is important and will become more important in doing business and even in daily life. And many theories establiah the fact that language-learning abilities dwindle as we advance in age. Then, what are we waiting for? We should not wait until our tongues get too stiff. | |
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