Essay: When to start learning English ??

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I'm writing this article to raise my academic writing ability.Please correct any mistakes and mention whether this essay is convincing or not.

Question:What is your opinion?
・Do you think that English should be made a compulsory subject from the first grade of elementary school in Japan?
・Or, do you think that English should not be taught in elementary school at all?
Write a paragraph giving at least one appropriate reason to support your opinion.

I suggest that English should be taught in elementary school. English is the best common language of the world. Now that it is said that the seventy persent of the information all around the world is written and spoken in English. Spealing English is neccesary for Japan to coexsist in the international society. More younger people are, the more easily and speadily they master a foreign language. In an elementary school is the best time for children to start learning English. For this reason, I totally agree with that English should be made a compulsory subject from the first grade of elementary school in Japan.
Jan 27th 2009 17:43 Liren

  • Essay: When to start learning English ??
  • Essay: When should children start learning English? Be more specific in a title.

 

  • I'm writing this article to raise my academic writing ability.
  • I'm writing this article to raise improve my academic writing ability.

 

  • I suggest that English should be taught in elementary school.
  • I suggest that English should be taught in elementary school.

 

  • English is the best common language of the world.
  • English is the best most common language of in the world. The word 'best' is too vague.

 

  • Now that it is said that the seventy persent of the information all around the world is written and spoken in English.
  • Now that it is said that the 70 percent of the information all around the world is written and spoken in English. In formal English you write numbers above twenty numerically.

 

  • Spealing English is neccesary for Japan to coexsist in the international society.
  • Speaking English is necessary for Japan to co-exsist in the international society.

 

  • More younger people are, the more easily and speadily they master a foreign language.
  • More The younger people are the faster and more easily and speadily they master a foreign language. I don't think 'speadily' is a real word.

 

  • In an elementary school is the best time for children to start learning English.
  • In an During elementary school is the best time for children to start learning English.

 

  • For this reason, I totally agree with that English should be made a compulsory subject from the first grade of elementary school in Japan.
  • For this reason, I totally agree with that English should be made a compulsory subject from the first grade of elementary school in Japan. This sentence is unnecessary because you said everything important here in the sentence above it. Combine it with the one above or leave it out.

 
Your English is really good! Some of the corrections I would only give if I were a writing teacher for native English speakers. Actually, this does sound like some kind of writing assignment... ?

I also think it's convincing. It's a good short answer.
Jan 27th 2009 18:18 Fenrir

  • Now that it is said that the seventy persent of the information all around the world is written and spoken in English.
  • Now that it is said that the seventy persent of the information all around the world is written and spoken in English. "seventy persent of the information" What is this?

 

  • More younger people are, the more easily and speadily they master a foreign language.
  • More Younger people are, the more easily and speadily speedily able they to master a foreign language.

 
I agree that English should be thought in elementary school in Japan, but I think the parents should have the choice for their child to learn it or not. Like sign a form or something. I think just because a language is popular in an area, it should not be mandatory for it's youth to learn it.
Take where I'm from for example (California) there are a large amount of Spanish only speaking people there. So, that language is very popular there. However I don't think it would be right to mandate the language to the youth just to accommodate the non English speakers, or in Japan's case, Japanese speakers.
However, Due to the fact that the language is popular in these areas the option to have your child learn it at a young age should be available.
A lot what has to do with it is the reason why the language is becoming mandatory. In the US, people don't want Spanish becoming more popular because the majority of Spanish only speakers are illegal immigrants from Mexico. Who are forcing their language upon the US. I'm sure there are differences between the reasons why Spanish is popular in US and why English is popular in Japan. Non the less, Forcing a language upon people with the only choice being failing or passing a class is wrong in my opinion. When someone decides to live in a place they are making a choice to live there, as well as speaking the native language spoken there. So, even that is nor forced on people. Only the same should be asked from foreign languages too, and that's what the form for the guardians of the Elementary school students would have to sign in order for the students to learn English, would do.

So, my conclusion is this, Make the teachings of English readily available to those who decide they want their child learning English at the Elementary school level.

Great essay subject, you almost had no mistakes at all in this one. Good job! ^^
Jan 27th 2009 20:51 Fenrir

never mind the 70 % thing that I said, I read it wrong it's fine.
Jan 28th 2009 10:10 Sean

  • Essay: When to start learning English ??
  • Comment: The title of this essay could be more descriptive (and that would be a good thing.) If left as it is, a number of points are left unclear such as who (is learning English) and why. English writing tends to be highly specific whenever possible. Specificity is not a hard requirement, but failure to be specific (without good reason given) is often seen as a sign of either sloppiness (unwilling to put forth the effort) or ignorance (insufficient understanding of the topic) . The other correction ("When should children ...") works fine, but I have added two alternative examples. 1) Should learning English be compulsory for small children? 2) On the appropriateness of compulsory English classes for young children.

 

  • I'm writing this article to raise my academic writing ability.
  • Comment: Your original sentence is easily understood, but the correction made by a previous commentor (i.e. replaced "raise" with "improve") is an improvement.

 

  • Please correct any mistakes and mention whether this essay is convincing or not.
  • Please correct any mistakes and mention whether you found this essay is convincing or not. Comment: Your original version is fine. My addition redirects the focus on the reader's reaction rather than the technical merit of the essay. I included it as an alternate style reference only.

 

  • ・Or, do you think that English should not be taught in elementary school at all?
  • Comment: When writing in English, starting a sentence with a connecting word is generally considered "bad form". Sometimes it is hard to avoid, and it often occurs in spoken English, but if you started a sentence this way during an essay assignment in an American English class you would probably lose points.

 

  • I suggest that English should be taught in elementary school.
  • Comment: Both your original sentence and the suggested removal of "should" are good sentences, but they mean slightly different things. Your original sentence suggests(implies) that you are giving your opinion. Removing "should" changes the sentence so that it suggests(proposes) changing the education system.

 

  • English is the best common language of the world.
  • English is the best/most common language of in the world. Comment: I think you intended "most" here. "Most" can only modify "common" and would suggest that English is the language you are most likely to encounter. "Best" is an adjective and can modify either "common", "language", or "common language". Each has its own subtle difference in meaning.

 

  • Now that it is said that the seventy persent of the information all around the world is written and spoken in English.
  • Now that it is said that the seventy percsent of the information all around the world is written and spoken in English. This sentence follows the rules of grammar correctly, but is unnecessarily wordy and indirect. An alternate way of saying this might be "Now that seventy percent of the world uses English" or "It is said that seventy percent of the information in the world today is in English.

 

  • Spealing English is neccesary for Japan to coexsist in the international society.
  • Comment: I agree with the preceding corrections. The reason that you should not use "the" before "international society" is because "the" suggests a specific example from among several possibilities. Because there is only one "international society", you should not precede it with an article (i.e. "a", "an", "the", etc.)

 

  • More younger people are, the more easily and speadily they master a foreign language.
  • More The younger people are, the more easily and speeadily they master a foreign language. Alternate: Younger people more readily adopt and master new/foreign languages.

 

  • In an elementary school is the best time for children to start learning English.
  • Comment: Because this sentence carries on the thought from the previous sentence, you could connect them by removing the period from the last sentence and making the following change: ", therefore during In an elementary school is the best time for children to start learning English.

 

  • For this reason, I totally agree with that English should be made a compulsory subject from the first grade of elementary school in Japan.
  • For this reason, I totally agree with(Alt. - with the proposition/idea) that English should be made a compulsory subject from the first grade of elementary school in Japan. Comment: I disagree with the previous post regarding the need for this sentence. The previous sentence makes a statement or observation. This sentence states approval of a course of action based on the preceding statement.

 
Jan 30th 2009 12:32 Karenyberry

Thank you so much.
I'm surprised the idea that the title of essay should be specific in English.
In Japan, the abstract title isn't estimated to be bad essay.
Therefore, I learned a lot from your comment!!

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