Thursday, March 7, 2013

Require Foreign Language Classes?

If you want to give your brain a good workout, think about saying !hola! to another language.  A recent study found that kids who learn more than one language have sharper minds when they get older.  Many people say that speaking a foreign language also gives students a better understanding of the world.  They also argue that kids who know at least two languages will have an advantage when they look for jobs in the future.  However, more than two thirds of the US elementary schools don't offer foreign-language classes.  Some school officials say they can't fit language lessons into the packed school day.  Others say students should spend their time mastering English instead.  What do YOU think?

~ Scholastic News

22 comments:

Janna said...

I think learning other languages would really help in the future because we might travel the world and sometimes when you go somewhere you don't always know the language and having language classes will help you know more languages and like it said they will give you a better understanding of the world.

ana said...

I don't think that schools should force the students to take Foreign Language classes. I feel like it's the child and parent's choice wheather or not they would want to do that. I don't think kids would want to be pressured into something that they don't even want to do. I mean, enough kids hate Math and they have to do that so I don't think they should be forced to do something else that they don't like.

Hunter Smith said...

I think it should be optional to the students becuase if they dont want to learn a foreign language and they would rather learn englich more than i would say no they shouldnt have to.

japheth jerezano said...

well i think foreign language classes would be great like in high school they have spanish classes they should also have other language classes too because learning a new language can be helpful in the future.

amandeep said...

I think that you should justmaster english first because you are not going to get a job if you don't know all of english so i think you should spend time in school mastering english first.

Liam Wilcox said...

I think kids should practice what their parents want. If they want their kids to speak Español (Spanish)then they should. If they want their kids speaking any other language then they should. It is not anyone's choice except for the parents and kid. Gracias por escuchar. (Thanks for listening)

JONAH said...

I think kids should learn how speak another language because I think it's cool to speak another language.

Bryan said...

I think schools should have classes that teach kids other languages because if they travel to a different countrie they could understand the language the other person is using.

Jason Bui said...

I think that we should be caring more about math and reading not any other language because if we do then we will maybe forget about the other subjects in school and maybe you can learn a different language when you grow up.

Theresa said...

I don't think that school's should require Foreign Language Classes because we have more important things to be focusing on than learning a new language. Learning how to read, write, and speak in English is more important than learning a foreign language.

Winni said...

I think that if kids wanna learn foreign langauge they should but we shoudn't have people that dont wanna learn a foreign langauge learn one.

Channy said...

I think that we shoud still study english more because its more of our main language. I don't think Elementary schools need foreign classes yet, maybe middle school or high school

Maysen B. said...

I think we should have a Foreign Language class because it is always better to know a second language because when you sign up for a Foreign class in high school or junior high you will be more experinced.

Megann W. said...

I think it's a good idea. You can have a sharper mind and will help you remember things. And you will also have a better understanding of the world. But, I think learning English is more important. There are people in the world who have a hard time spelling and reading at grade level, How do you think they'll learn a 2nd language??

Zaliah said...

I think that would be a good idea because it is good to know i differet language becase as it says it is good for the mind and that it is better for student when they become older and get jobs...

cruz medina said...

I think schools should offer foreign language classes.I think schools should because the passage said "kids who know at least two languages will have an advantage when they look for jobs in the future."

Angelina said...

I don't think schools should require foreign language classes. Because some people don't want to be forced to learn an other language. I mean yeah you can take french if you want to but if you dont want to why should you be forced to learn it? Also if you need to require that for a future job you can learn it when it comes to that time because you might forget. Really what I'm trying to say is, that no they should not require foreign language classes.

yakub said...

I think we should be caring about english because if you say somthing in your language people are not going to understand you we should learn the correct way of reading math writing and speaking

devon said...

Yes they should fit in a little english class every day in school.Because in later on in life you will need to know those words for high school or college.

Philicyanna said...

I think that kids should learn another language because for example, if someone who speaked another language needed help would you know what they needed help with? Plus it would probably be a good experiance for you.

Chloe said...

I think it would be cool to learn another language but if we had to spell the words then it wouldn't be as much fun. Also if we had to do MORE HOMEWORK then I would be really mad and it would not be fun at all! So I think we should just stay with the English language if that happens.






















jericho said...

I think learning other lauguages would help us because if we choose to go to a different country we might not know how to say things in their lauguage.