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# TITLE: Is there a benefit to teaching children to learn foreign languages? [56cf5ddcc7c4feebc9f522007c66015b]
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# PUBLICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# MODIFICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# NUMBER ALTERNATIVES: 4
# NUMBER VOTERS: 5
# NUMBER UNIQUE ORDERS: 5
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 1: Statement 1 - In my opinion there are benefits to learning a foreign language, I believe it can help people in the long run. It helps to be able to understand different cultures and therefore is helpful for travel. People can use it as a career choice as well, so it is a useful skill. It is a good skill to have. It also can give people confidence and a wider view of the world. A second group was given the same question and used the same debating process. Their consensus view was as follows: I believe that learning a foreign language has many benefits. Firstly, it can aid your understanding of the culture in that country. As you get older you will learn to read and understand more and more of their language. This will help you to see the world in a different way, with different points of view and opinions. You can use your new language as a career, like a translator or interpreter, as you will be able to speak to a large variety of people and have a much wider range of jobs available to you. Another benefit of learning a foreign language is that it can give you a good understanding of how to learn a new language, which will help you to pick up different languages much more easily. In
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 2: Statement 2 - There is a great benefit to teaching children a foreign language as it broadens their outlook on the world and helps them to understand other cultures and customs. It is also very useful when travelling abroad and can lead to greater opportunities when looking for employment.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 3: Statement 3 - There is a benefit to teaching children to learn foreign languages. It can help when traveling to different countries, and also, when trading and communicating with other countries. It can also work certain areas of the brain that may not be used as much otherwise.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 4: Statement 4 - In conclusion, we believe that there is a huge benefit to teaching children to learn foreign languages, it will help them when travelling to different countries and will allow them to study abroad at university. Therefore, we think that foreign languages should continue to be taught at school.
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