TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOR PRIMARY EDUCATORS : WHY DO WE TEACH ENGLISH AT PRIMARY LEVEL?
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Annotation: This article explains the importance of teaching foreign languages to preschool and primary school-aged children, which is the key link in continuous education. Moreover, the importance of language teaching has been proved by several facts and theories. This article emphasizes that first few years of life is the crucial time for LA after that time the individual cannot achieve high results in learning language especially in pronunciation system due to neuroplasticity. As hypothesis claims “younger = better in the long run”.
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