Elamin, Abdallah M.
Professor Mohd Muzhafar Idrus
Gold A2
26 April 2010
Professor Mohd Muzhafar Idrus
Gold A2
26 April 2010
An Early Start to Learn Foreign Languages
Education can be defined as is an act or experience that has a determinative effect on the physical mind and the character ability of an individual. In other words, education can be described as a process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills and values from one generation to another take for example the language which is the symbols we use as a means for communicating ideas. Writing, reading, gestures and speech are all forms of symbolic arm language combining sound effect. Educators debate whether learning more than a language for kindergarten students may enhance the performance of children’s brain so they develop their communication skills and increase their understandability of their own language. Although most educators and parents are in favour with the learning language in an early stage, still there are some evidence that learning children foreign languages yield negative results, and it may be perceived as a threat to first language development and identity.
Advocates of an early learning stage of a foreign language proclaim that children who are adequately exposed to two languages at an early age experience gains. They are more flexible and creative, and they reach high levels of cognitive development at an earlier age than their monolingual peers (Hamayan, 1986). On the other hand , Concerned with the fact that negative backwash effects commonly exist with learning foreign language .Likewise in China, where the is undesirable results in the teaching of foreign languages and the intellectual development of young people, the researchers in both the UAE and Kuwait proved that The teaching English in the first row may have a negative impact on the kinetic order of child, optical resulting difficulty in writing for each type of orientation, like children try to write their native language words in opposite directions, and so on some benchmarks for instance (66-65 thus 65-66),and (76 thus 67). If this confusion originally exists in the child performance it will be worse with the entry of other language . (Emta’a,29-43)
Another point that the study of foreign languages has also been shown to have positive effects on memory and listening skills. While children are developing the ability to communicate in a different language system, they also learn to see language as a phenomenon in itself. (Curtain & Pesola, 1988).In addition Many English words share Latin roots with Spanish, French and other languages. Learning the meaning of a foreign word enhances a student's chance of knowing the meaning of an English word. (Thibaut, 25-30).But in fact those who their native language doesn’t related to these foreign languages will suffer from increasing the number of symbols and phonetics this in turn may result in linguistic interference which creates a poor foundation of both languages.
Moreover Study of a foreign language and culture can serve as an important vehicle by which to expand their intercultural views. According to many child psychologists, children reach an important developmental stage at the age of ten (Lambert, & Klineberg, 1967). "Children are in the process of moving from egocentricity to reciprocity, and information introduced before the age of ten is eagerly received" (Curtain, & Pesola, 1988, p. 4). With this expansion, children will have the freedom to explore the wealth of values and perceptions of the world; they will not be restricted to any one narrow view of life or one limited set of options (Carpenter & Torney, 1973). However , as children are susceptible in early ages to anything they see or learn about and among the pace of the life and the parents’ business ,it’s difficult to control their propensity and it hard to impede their strong desire to investigate every detail in their lives. Consequently children may be psychologically nurtured a personality looks weird from the society .That in turn effect his character in the future.
Moreover Study of a foreign language and culture can serve as an important vehicle by which to expand their intercultural views. According to many child psychologists, children reach an important developmental stage at the age of ten (Lambert, & Klineberg, 1967). "Children are in the process of moving from egocentricity to reciprocity, and information introduced before the age of ten is eagerly received" (Curtain, & Pesola, 1988, p. 4). With this expansion, children will have the freedom to explore the wealth of values and perceptions of the world; they will not be restricted to any one narrow view of life or one limited set of options (Carpenter & Torney, 1973). However , as children are susceptible in early ages to anything they see or learn about and among the pace of the life and the parents’ business ,it’s difficult to control their propensity and it hard to impede their strong desire to investigate every detail in their lives. Consequently children may be psychologically nurtured a personality looks weird from the society .That in turn effect his character in the future.
All in all, if education is a means by which to prepare children for the complicated world that they inhabit, to give them tools with which to understand new challenges, then the educational system should offer an expansive curriculum as early as possible. Research has shown that through foreign language study, elementary school children receive the opportunity to expand their thinking, to acquire global awareness, to extend their understanding of language as a phenomenon, and to reach an advanced proficiency level in that foreign language. Parents, educators, and policymakers should find these reasons more than enough to prove the benefits of beginning foreign language study in the elementary school.
Work cited
Work cited
Carpenter & Torney, J. (1973). Beyond the Melting Pot. in P. N. Markum & J. L. Land (Eds.) "Children and Intercultural Education" (pp.14-24). Washington, DC: Association for Childhood Education International. Print.
Curtain, H. A. & Pesola, C. A. (1988) "Languages and Children--Making the Match." Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.Print .
Emta’a , Nagat.” The Impact of Foreign Mother Tongue Languages”. Web. Oct,2009.
Hamayan ,Else.V and Pfleger,Margo.(1987).” Developing Literacy in English as a Second Language : Guidelines for Teachers of Young Children From Non-literate Backgrounds”. Wheaton, Md. : National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, [1987].Print .
Lambert, W. E. & Klineberg, O. (1967). "Children's Views of Foreign People." New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. Print.
Thibaut, François .” Learning a Second Language at an Early Age”. Web. N.D.
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An Early Start to Learn Foreign Languages
Education can be defined in as is an act or experience that has a determinative effect on the physical mind and the character ability of an individual. In other words, education can be described as a process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills and values from one generation to another take for example the language which is the symbols we use as a means for communicating ideas. Writing, reading, gestures and speech are all forms of symbolic arm language combining sound effect. Educators debate whether learning more than a language for kindergarten students may enhance the performance of children’s brain so they develop their communication skills and increase their understandability of their own language. Although most educators and parents are in favour with the learning language in an early stage , still there are some evidence that learning children foreign languages yield negative results, and it may be perceived as a threat to first language development and identity.
Advocates of an early learning stage of a foreign language proclaim that children who are adequately exposed to two languages at an early age experience gains. They are more flexible and creative, and they reach high levels of cognitive development at an earlier age than their monolingual peers . On the other hand , Concerned with the fact that negative backwash effects commonly exist with learning foreign language .Likewise in China, where the is undesirable results in the teaching of foreign languages and the intellectual development of young people, the researchers in both the UAE and Kuwait proved that The teaching English in the first row may have a negative impact on the kinetic order of child, optical resulting difficulty in writing for each type of orientation, like children try to write their native language words in opposite directions, and so on some benchmarks for instance (66-65 thus 65-66),and (76 thus 67). If this confusion originally exists in the child performance it will be worse with the entry of other language .And the study of foreign languages has also been shown to have positive effects on memory and listening skills. While children are developing the ability to communicate in a different language system, they also learn to see language as a phenomenon in itself. (Curtain & Pesola, 1988).In addition Many English words share Latin roots with Spanish, French and other languages. Learning the meaning of a foreign word enhances a student's chance of knowing the meaning of an English word. (Thibaut, 25-30).But in fact those who their native language doesn’t related to these foreign languages will suffer from increasing the number of symbols and phonetics this in turn may result in linguistic interference which creates a poor foundation of both languages.Moreover Study of a foreign language and culture can serve as an important vehicle by which to expand their intercultural views. According to many child psychologists, children reach an important developmental stage at the age of ten . "Children are in the process of moving from egocentricity to reciprocity, and information introduced before the age of ten is eagerly received" . With this expansion, children will have the freedom to explore the wealth of values and perceptions of the world; they will not be restricted to any one narrow view of life or one limited set of options . However , as children are susceptible in early ages to anything they see or learn about and among the pace of the life and the parents’ business ,it’s difficult to control their propensity and it hard to impede their strong desire to investigate every detail in their lives. Consequently children may be psychologically nurtured a personality looks weird from the society .That in turn effect his character in the future .
All in all , If education is a means by which to prepare children for the complicated world that they inhabit, to give them tools with which to understand new challenges, then the educational system should offer an expansive curriculum as early as possible. Research has shown that through foreign language study, elementary school ,children receive the opportunity to expand their thinking, to acquire global awareness, to extend their understanding of language as a phenomenon, and to reach an advanced proficiency level in that foreign language. Parents, educators, and policymakers should find these reasons more than enough to prove the benefits of beginning foreign language study in the elementary school.
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Education can be defined in as is an act or experience that has a determinative effect on the physical mind and the character ability of an individual. In other words, education can be described as a process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills and values from one generation to another take for example the language which is the symbols we use as a means for communicating ideas. Writing, reading, gestures and speech are all forms of symbolic arm language combining sound effect. Educators debate whether learning more than a language for kindergarten students may enhance the performance of children’s brain so they develop their communication skills and increase their understandability of their own language. Although most educators and parents are in favour with the learning language in an early stage , still there are some evidence that learning children foreign languages yield negative results, and it may be perceived as a threat to first language development and identity
Advocators of an early learning stage of a foreign language proclaim that children who are adequately exposed to two languages at an early age experience gains. In means of cognitive development. On the other hand , there are some negative backwash effects commonly exist with learning foreign language like its impact on the intellectual development of young people, , on the kinetic order of child, and an optical resulting difficulty in writing for each type of orientation, Another point that the study of foreign languages has also been shown to have positive effects on memory and listening skills .Many English words with its multi-root help children from different parts around the world to learn an other language .But in fact those who their native language doesn’t related to these foreign languages will suffer from increasing the number of symbols and phonetics this in turn may result in linguistic interference which creates a poor foundation of both languages.
Moreover Study of a foreign language and culture can serve as an important opotunity for children to expand their intercultural views. So they can have such an enormous background about not only their culture but also other parts of the world ; However , as children are susceptible in early ages to anything they see or learn about, because of the pace of the life and the parents’ business ,it’s difficult to control their propensity and it hard to impede their strong desire to investigate every detail in their lives.Concequently children may be psychologically nurtured a personality looks weird from the society .That in turn effect his character in the future .
All in all , If education is a means by which to prepare children for the complicated world that they inhabit, to give them tools with which to understand new challenges, then the educational system should offer an expansive curriculum as early as possible. Research has shown that through foreign language study, elementary school children receive the opportunity to expand their thinking, to acquire global awareness, to extend their understanding of language as a phenomenon, and to reach an advanced proficiency level in that foreign language. Parents, educators, and policymakers should find these reasons more than enough to prove the benefits of beginning foreign language study in the elementary school.
Advocators of an early learning stage of a foreign language proclaim that children who are adequately exposed to two languages at an early age experience gains. In means of cognitive development. On the other hand , there are some negative backwash effects commonly exist with learning foreign language like its impact on the intellectual development of young people, , on the kinetic order of child, and an optical resulting difficulty in writing for each type of orientation, Another point that the study of foreign languages has also been shown to have positive effects on memory and listening skills .Many English words with its multi-root help children from different parts around the world to learn an other language .But in fact those who their native language doesn’t related to these foreign languages will suffer from increasing the number of symbols and phonetics this in turn may result in linguistic interference which creates a poor foundation of both languages.
Moreover Study of a foreign language and culture can serve as an important opotunity for children to expand their intercultural views. So they can have such an enormous background about not only their culture but also other parts of the world ; However , as children are susceptible in early ages to anything they see or learn about, because of the pace of the life and the parents’ business ,it’s difficult to control their propensity and it hard to impede their strong desire to investigate every detail in their lives.Concequently children may be psychologically nurtured a personality looks weird from the society .That in turn effect his character in the future .
All in all , If education is a means by which to prepare children for the complicated world that they inhabit, to give them tools with which to understand new challenges, then the educational system should offer an expansive curriculum as early as possible. Research has shown that through foreign language study, elementary school children receive the opportunity to expand their thinking, to acquire global awareness, to extend their understanding of language as a phenomenon, and to reach an advanced proficiency level in that foreign language. Parents, educators, and policymakers should find these reasons more than enough to prove the benefits of beginning foreign language study in the elementary school.
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Introduction
Education can be defined in as is an act or experience that has a determinative effect on the physical mind and the character ability of an individual. In other words, education can be described as a process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills and values from one generation to another take for example the language which is the symbols we use as a means for communicating ideas. Writing, reading, gestures and speech are all forms of symbolic arm language combining sound effect. Educators debate whether learning more than a language for kindergarten students may enhance the performance of children’s brain so they develop their communication skills and increase their understandability of their own language. Although most educators and parents are in favour with the learning language in an early stage , still there are some evidence that learning children foreign languages yield negative results, and it may be perceived as a threat to first language development and identity
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1- Learning children a second language is a good chance to develop their comprehensions
But that has a physical and mental impact on them
2- Learning children a second language is a good chance to develop their listening and speaking skills; however the linguistic interfere sometime occurs.
3- Learning children a second language is a good chance to let children know about other people different from their culture but unless we adhere a close watch in their progress they might go in undesirable issue.
Conclusion
All in all , If education is a means by which to prepare children for the complicated world that they inhabit, to give them tools with which to understand new challenges, then the educational system should offer an expansive curriculum as early as possible. Research has shown that through foreign language study, elementary school children receive the opportunity to expand their thinking, to acquire global awareness, to extend their understanding of language as a phenomenon, and to reach an advanced proficiency level in that foreign language. Parents, educators, and policymakers should find these reasons more than enough to prove the benefits of beginning foreign language study in the elementary school.