There is a challenge whether learning a new language at an early age is helpful for children or not
Learning a foreign language at early ages or later when your child has grown up is a challenge for most parents. There are many advantages in learning a foreign language when a child is in primary school and I am in favor of the earlier age for starting this process.
based on the researches by oxford language department in 2015, The children who had started learning a language other than their native language under the age of 15, had prominent results in their success and mastery of learning a foreign language. Their research results showed although children after the age of 15 could learn grammar of the new language better or even memorize more advanced vocabularies, their ability to speak the new language was so limited and weak. On the other hand, the child who had started learning a foreign language at the ages of 5 to 7 had a surprising skill in communication with using the new language.
The result of studies by different language academics has proved that the earlier the children start learning a language the better he can speak that language, and adults or older children who started a learning process of language upper than 15 years old had difficulty in mastering the new language. They believe the reason is the capacity of the brain for keeping the knowledge of a language and using it. In younger children, they have more capacities for learning a new skill and knowledge such as speaking a language.
Although all studies results lead to start learning a new language in early ages, we should not forget that the proper methods should be used for teaching a foreign language to a child. If the inappropriate methodology is used for training children in this issue, it will lead to many deficiencies in learning the correct grammar and pronunciation that will last forever, and correcting it may need so much effort.
To conclude, learning a foreign language in earlier ages has many advantages that outweigh starting it later. Parents should apply the updated standard and guidelines and to help their children learn a new language.