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. by

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. by https://padlet.com/sjf4/okb2svurqm7s IELTS Topic Sentences en-us 2017-09-25 13:21:15 UTC 2017-09-25 13:35:14 UTC hello@padlet.com Research conducted by local governments has found that there are still many primary schools in England in which levels of numeracy and literacy are below the required level. Thus, if foreign language teaching were introduced, it might hinder students’ progress further in these core skills. sjf4 https://padlet.com/sjf4/okb2svurqm7s/wish/190810301 2017-09-25 13:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sjf4/okb2svurqm7s/wish/190810301 Take the example of Sweden where students learn English from the age of five, and are therefore able to speak English fairly fluently by the time they finish secondary school. This leads to a number of benefits, including better job prospects and the opportunity to enter universities in all English speaking countries. sjf4 https://padlet.com/sjf4/okb2svurqm7s/wish/190810462 2017-09-25 13:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sjf4/okb2svurqm7s/wish/190810462 This is because learning languages is compulsory in secondary schools and if students had some prior knowledge of the language they would perform better in class. Indeed, research conducted by a British university discovered that students who are introduced to languages at junior school are far more likely to gain higher marks in language classes. sjf4 https://padlet.com/sjf4/okb2svurqm7s/wish/190810604 2017-09-25 13:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sjf4/okb2svurqm7s/wish/190810604