Schools are teaching foreign languages to primary students. Do the pros outweigh the cons?
In the context of globalization, some governments have decided to introduce foreign tongues to the primary school curriculum. While I assume that there are some learning difficulties for students, the benefits still overshadow the drawbacks due to its effectiveness.
Based on the average cognitive and mental development of humans, schoolchildren at their tender ages might face challenges in attaining linguistic knowledge. In other words, as indiscipline and hyperactivity are common traits in children whose ages range from six to ten, learning new languages would become more demanding than in other age groups as this process necessitates concentration and commitment over a long period. Moreover, complex grammar structures are another obstacle that may discourage primary school students due to the fact that the attention span and memory capacity of children is inferior to those of adults.
Nevertheless, the key factor in picking up a strange tongue is the ability to imitate mouth movement and be sensitive to different sounds, which are advantages of children. Firstly, because children’s throats and mouths have yet to get used to their mother tongue, hence, it is still straightforward for them to speak with accurate accents as long as they are taught properly. However, mature people do not have that comfort and usually produce foreign sounds mixed with their mother tongue. In addition, despite encountering obstacles in memorizing grammar structures, the linguistics obtaining process in small children can go very well with vivid illustrations, vibrant sounds, and interesting games as these factors can stimulate their intellectual activities like studying significantly. Therefore, if given appropriate teaching methods, primary school students can shorten their language learning process noticeably when compares with older people.
In conclusion, in spite of some challenges that children have to overcome, adding foreign tongues to primary school courses is essential to enhance language fluency among pupils.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, firstly, hence, however, if, may, moreover, nevertheless, so, still, therefore, well, while, in addition, in conclusion, in other words, in spite of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 13.1623246493 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 10.4138276553 86% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 18.0 24.0651302605 75% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 41.998997996 100% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1747.0 1615.20841683 108% => OK
No of words: 302.0 315.596192385 96% => OK
Chars per words: 5.78476821192 5.12529762239 113% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.1687104957 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.05920305008 2.80592935109 109% => OK
Unique words: 200.0 176.041082164 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.662251655629 0.561755894193 118% => OK
syllable_count: 532.8 506.74238477 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 5.43587174349 18% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 16.0721442886 68% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 27.0 20.2975951904 133% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 54.757315825 49.4020404114 111% => OK
Chars per sentence: 158.818181818 106.682146367 149% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.4545454545 20.7667163134 132% => OK
Discourse Markers: 14.0909090909 7.06120827912 200% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.67935871743 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.184111830845 0.244688304435 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0717637794882 0.084324248473 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0799880528214 0.0667982634062 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.116395367028 0.151304729494 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0345025930506 0.056905535591 61% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.5 13.0946893788 149% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 27.15 50.2224549098 54% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 16.2 11.3001002004 143% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.54 12.4159519038 133% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.57 8.58950901804 123% => OK
difficult_words: 107.0 78.4519038076 136% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 9.78957915832 153% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.1190380762 126% => OK
text_standard: 17.0 10.7795591182 158% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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