Many people believe that foreign languages should be learned by children who just started at school. I completely opposite this view and will provide several arguments to support my position.
On the one hand, learning a foreign language at an early age can put pressure on young learners. What I mean by this is that little school children need time to adapt to the curriculum during their first year. Therefore, I believe acquiring foreign languages should begin from the second grade. Additionally, achieving mastery in a new language may have an adverse effect on the acquisition of other school subjects. This means that it is difficult to acquire fluency in foreign language and school subjects simultaneously, and this may lead to premature brain fatigue.
On the other hand, language acquisition abilities are typically developed at an early age by which people started to learn a known tongue from their first grades. While it may be correct that insulcating the habit at a very young age sharpens people’s mind. However, that balancing mastery across all subjects can provide difficulty for young learners, potentially leading to disengagement with their students.
To conclude, although there are advantages to learning a foreign language at an early age, this idea would surely be unaccepted to most people.