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Damien P. wrote: Learning a foreign language offers an insight into how people from other cultures think and see the world.
The teaching of a foreign language should be compulsory at all primary schools.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view?

In the past century, the phenomenon of globalisation has become more important than ever in human history, and it is agreed that speaking another language is essential for working and studying. Given this supposed necessity and the cultural insight that a foreign language offers, should its teaching be compulsory for pupils?

On the one hand, arguments opposed to such a measure are firstly related to the fact that there has to be a certain freedom of choice regarding education. The family of a primary student should be able to decide whether their child must be taught a foreign language. Even though languages are said to be pictures of cultures’ morals and ways of thinking, these things can also be learnt in a student’s mother tongue, without spending too much time on them. In that case, why would we force pupils to be polyglots from a young age?

On the other hand, foreign languages have become as important as native ones in the working and studying environment. Besides permitting people from every origin to communicate without any barrier, speaking another language has been proven to involve cognitive abilities that can be essential to globalised, open-minded and versatile individuals. Furthermore, it is known that learning at a young age is much easier than for adults. Thus, the early need for intercultural understanding makes the teaching of another tongue essential. In order to avoid inequalities between children whose parents refused this option and those who accept it, everybody should be taught a foreign language before entering middle school.

To conclude, the importance of other languages nowadays reflects the extent that many cultures have taken in everyday life. I personally believe that teaching a language to primary school pupils should be compulsory, since it benefits their cognitive abilities, open-mindedness and their future professional life.

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Man through ages has undergone tremendous changes from the time he depicted the herds of mammoths on the walls of the caves till now. Break off the phrase here As because of the trend of globalization people around the world have become curious to know about each others culture and traditions. So i tend to believe that it has become compulsory to learn foreign languages, though I will discuss the pros and cons of the essay. You can finish the sentence here

On the one hand, due to advancement of technology and increased mode of education it usually becomes compulsory to learn different languages to communicate. For example, I am from India and I want to study in the USA so for this I am in great need to push my communication skills. Moreover, if the children are tend to learn a foreign language from the initial years of school one can easily grasp the accent and can become more confident in future to travel to other countries of the world.

On the other hand,there are two points in regard to the drawbacks of introducing other languages in the primary school. Firstly, children will become over pressurised and will tend to face confusions and difficulties in reading and writing their own native language. Secondly, school organizations and government bodies may not be interested in adapting to other languages as for the sake of their dignity and uniqueness in the world.

In conclusion, I strongly believe that it has become necessary to learn new and different languages not only for the coming generations, but also for the elders to increase their horizon.