Question

雅思有关讨论英语在小学还是初中学的考题及答案

Answer 1

　　　　Some experts believe that it is better for children to begin learning a foreign language at
primary school rather than secondary school.
Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

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Many people have different opinions as to
when is the ideal time for children to start learning a foreign language. Some
educational professionals think that primary education is a better time for
children to develop foreign language skills than secondary education.
Personally I agree with this view.

Young children tend to be better at
learning a language in spontaneous ways than their adolescent counterparts do.
Their brains are still being programed for language acquisition. This natural
advantage can often enable young children to pick up a new language implicitly
and tend to be less influenced by their first language. Another advantage for
young children to learn a foreign language at an early age is that they are
more likely to make use of imitation as a primary means of language learning.
By imitating what they hear or read, they can have a better chance to achieve
near-native language competence, particularly as far as listening and speaking
are concerned.

By contrast, teenage leaners at secondary
schools are generally less likely to reach native-like speaking skills and tend
to be less fluent while expressing their ideas orally. Moreover, influenced by
the consciousness derived from their first language, most adolescent leaners
have to rely heavily on their first language grammar in order to arrive at an
interpretation. This tendency often predisposes the learner towards
non-idiomatic expressions which are often referred to as interlanguage.
However, teenage learners are often better at grammatical analysis, an ability
developed through the acquisition of logic reasoning in their first language.
They also tend to be better at understanding written texts, which can also be
partially attributed to their broadened knowledge base through their extensive
reading in the first language.

To summarize, overall, I believe that the
benefits of learning a foreign language at primary schools outweigh its
drawbacks. As young children tend to have the advantage of learning a new
language in naturalistic manners and acquiring native-like listening and
speaking skills, this inherent advantage should not be wasted. Young children
should be provided with foreign language learning opportunities at their early
age.

Answer 2

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