Should We Learn A Foreign Language at An Early Age?

I started to learn English in Grade five in primary school, which seemed a little early in that time. But now, the situation is completely different. As the deepening of globalization, people pay increasingly attention to foreign language learning. But many parents do not know when is the best time to study a foreign language. Recently, many educational organizations say publicly that children should study a foreign language in a early age. However, from my point of view, it's good for children to study a foreign language, but it should not be too early.

我小學(xué)五年級就開始學(xué)習(xí)英語，這在當(dāng)時算有點(diǎn)早的，但是現(xiàn)在情況完全不同了，隨著全球化的加深，人們越來越關(guān)注外語的學(xué)習(xí)。但是，很多家長并不知道什么時候是學(xué)習(xí)外語的最佳時期。近來，有很多教育機(jī)構(gòu)公開指出，孩子應(yīng)該較早開始學(xué)外語。但我認(rèn)為，早學(xué)習(xí)外語對孩子固然好，但不能過早開始。

Firstly, children should first study well our mother language. It's not so easy for them to learn Chinese,because Chinese have both Chinese Characters and pinyin. Pinyin have the same letters with English, which would make children confused and make the study more difficult. Secondly, children should have more time to play rahter than study. If they study a foreign language in an early age, they would be bored and inimical which may do harm to their learning and growth.

首先，孩子應(yīng)該先學(xué)好母語。漢語對孩子來說并不容易，因?yàn)闈h語既有字形要學(xué)，又有拼音要學(xué)。拼音跟英文字母有相似之處，容易使孩子混淆，這加深了學(xué)習(xí)難度。其次，孩子應(yīng)該有更多時間玩耍，而不是學(xué)習(xí)。如果較早開始學(xué)習(xí)外語，容易感到厭倦和反感，這不利于他們的學(xué)習(xí)和成長。

From the discussions above, it's not so good for children to study a foreign languge too early. Language learning is important but not everyone has the gift to study a foreign language well. Therefore, when to start to study a foreign languge depends on children's interest.

從以上討論來看，孩子不適合太早開始外語學(xué)習(xí)。外語很重要，但不是很個人都有學(xué)習(xí)天賦，因此什么時候開始外語學(xué)習(xí)，要看孩子的興趣。