Êtes-vous d'accord ou pas d'accord avec la déclaration suivante? Les enfants devraient commencer à apprendre une langue étrangère dès leur entrée à l'école (document en anglais)

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 opinion.

I agree that children should begin learning a foreign language as soon as they start school; it is easier for children to learn than the adults, they will discover a new culture and finally the fact of knowing another language will be useful for their future.

Children’s brains learn everything very fast without effort. Children who have a family who speaks everyday a foreign language will understand and speak this language very well and children will also learn the language of the country where they live. They will become bilingual. Schools can contribute to making the children almost bilingual, if languages are taught at the beginning of the school.

When people learn a foreign language, they also learn the culture of the country where the language is spoken. For children it will be interesting to learn a new culture in addition to a new language. Indeed, children are educated in their parent’s culture and know only this culture. If children learn new languages and cultures early, they might be more opening minded with others.

Now a day, it is very important to speak several languages to find a good job. People who speak another language very well can travel almost where he wants and exchange with the other people. If children learn foreign languages as soon as they start school it will be easier to find a good job later.

For all of those reasons, I think it would be a good way for the children to learn a foreign language.

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