Some people believe that foreign languages should not be compulsory for all school students as the students do not have the cognitive ability to learn a language. While forcing mentally slow children to learn foreign languages can have certain problems, I still believe that schools should teach at least one foreign language to every student.
There are a range of benefits of teaching foreign language to school students. To begin with, now there is a lot of competition and companies prefer candidates who are multilingual. So, learning foreign language at the young age may be difficult, but it would be very beneficial in the long run. It would also open education opportunities for these children in other countries and getting an education overseas can be beneficial for children in many ways.
Moreover, it has been seen that multilingual children perform better than monolingual children in academics. So, teaching foreign language might improve performance of these children in other subjects. Furthermore, forcing might also create some interest and these students will then put more efforts in learning the language and overcome their mental limitations.
On the other hand, there could also be certain drawbacks of forcing foreign language on young children. Firstly, if they are forced, they would become stressed. This would affect their other studies as well. Second, they would not concentrate, so it would be waste of time and money. They would also slow down the learning speed of other children. Therefore, forcing children to learn foreign language can be disadvantageous as well.
In conclusion, I would like to reiterate that although forcing a foreign language on children might cause certain negative effects on children’s learning, I still cannot support the idea that foreign language should not be taught to weak students.