剑桥雅思全面解析-写作（Task 2）

题目解析

Some experts believe that it is better for children to begin learning a foreign language at primary school rather than secondary school.

有的专家认为孩子应该在小学而非初中开始学习外语。

题目问的是这样做的优点是否大于其缺点，实际是需要考生分别分析其优缺点然后给出对比；

题目涉及的领域包括：foreign language, school, children

写作思路

更早地开始学习外语的优点：

1. 孩子学习起来更加容易；

2. 小学时有更充裕的时间让孩子学习；

更早地开始学习外语存在的问题：

1. 学校里缺乏必要的外语能力；

2. 容易造成初中英语能力的不平均因而影响教学；

范文分析

以下是剑9给出的考官官方高分范文，原文与详细解析如下：

Traditionally, children have begun studying foreign languages at secondary school, but introducing them earlier is recommended by some educationalists. This policy has been adopted by some educational authorities or individual schools, with both positive and negative outcomes.

第一段：传统式的背景引出法，并且给出作者自己的观点—既有优点也有缺点。

The obvious argument in its favour is that young children pick up languages much more easily than teenagers. Their brains are still programmed to acquire their mother tongue, which facilitates learning another language, and unlike adolescents, they are not inhibited by self-consciousness.

第二段：给出第一个优点，即孩子的大脑较青年人的大脑更容易接受新的语言。

The greater flexibility of the primary timetable allows for more frequent, shorter sessions and for a play-centre approach, thus maintaining learner’s enthusiasm and progress. Their command of the language in later life will benefit from this early exposure, while learning other languages subsequently will be easier for them. They may also gain a better understanding of other cultures.

第三段：给出了小学接受外语教育的第二个优点，即小学时间安排更加方便，外语教学可行性高且会对孩子将来造成正面影响。

There are, however, some disadvantages. Primary school teachers are generalists, and may not have the necessary languages skills themselves. If specialists have to be brought in to deliver these sessions, the flexibility referred to above is diminished. If primary language teaching is not standardized, secondary schools could be faced with a great variety of levels in different languages within their intake, resulting in a classroom experience which undoes the earlier gains. There is no advantage if enthusiastic primary pupils become demotivated as soon as they change school. However, these issues can be addressed strategically within the policy adopted.

第四段：该段是文章的重点，讲述了两个缺点，第一是学校并没有配专业的教学老师，第二是容易造成不同学校间外语教学不同步。作者分别指出要若要解决这两个问题就会影响到前面的给出的优点。但是作者都强调，这两个问题都可以在政策问题上得到解决。

Anything which encourages language learning benefits society culturally and economically and early exposure to language learning contributes to this. Young children’s innate abilities should be harnessed to make these benefits more achievable.

第五段，作者在最后给出了自己的观点：任何鼓励语言学习的行为都有利于这个社会，而更早的学习外语则正是其中之一；孩子先天的能力可以让这点更易实现。

精彩句子

1. Their brains are still programmed to acquire their mother tongue, which facilitates learning another language, and unlike adolescents, they are not inhibited by self-consciousness.

2. The greater flexibility of the primary timetable allows for more frequent, shorter sessions and for a play-centre approach, thus maintaining learner’s enthusiasm and progress.

3. If specialists have to be brought in to deliver these sessions, the flexibility referred to above is diminished.

4. Anything which encourages language learning benefits society culturally and economically and early exposure to language learning contributes to this.

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