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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?

Traditionally, children have begun studying foreign languages at secondary school, but introducing them earlier is recommended by some educationalists. This policy has been adopted by some educational authorities or individual schools, with both positive and negative outcome.

(1)The obvious argument in its favour is thatyoung children pick up languages much more easily than teenagers. (2)Their brains are still programmed to acquire their mother tongue, which facilitates learning another language, and unlike adolescents, they are not inhibited by self-consciousness.

这一段只有两句话，第一句话是topic sentence; 第二句话是解释原因

(1)The greater flexibility of the primary timetable allows for more frequent, shorter sessions and for a play-centred approach, thus maintaining learners’ enthusiasm and progress. (2)Their command ofthe language in later life will benefit from this early exposure, while learning other languages subsequently will be easier for them. (3)They may also gain a better understanding of other cultures.

这一个段落的topic sentence其实是第一句话的前面半句 the greater flexibility of primary timetable. 后面的内容全部是阐述结果。

(1)There are, however, some disadvantages. Primary school teachers are generalists, and may not have the necessary language skills themselves. If specialists have to be brought in to deliver these sessions, the flexibility referred to above is diminished. If primary language teaching is not standardised, secondary schools could be faced with a great variety of levels in different languages within their intake, resultingin a classroom experience which undoes the earlier gains. There is no advantage if enthusiastic primary pupils become demotivated as soon as they change schools. However, these issues can be addressed strategically within the policy adopted.

这是一个总分结构的段落，第一句话是topic sentence。然后列举了小学教育的一些缺点，并阐述了带来的严重的后果

Anything which encourages language learningbenefits society culturally and economically, and early exposure to languagelearning contributes to this. Young children’s innate abilities should beharnessed to make these benefits more achievable.