Posted by Lin Lougheed on August 06, 19101 at 16:26:43:
In Reply to: topic 085: Some people think that children should begin ther formal education ... (self-test essay #2 ;-) posted by Martin on August 05, 19101 at 16:26:22:
Your point seems to be that children can learn easily when they are young if it is fun. That is your thesis. Now expand with three general statements: motivation, learning potential, ability to learn quickly. You have the specific details already in your essay. You need to organize them.
The essay reads very easily. However, you should reread your essay for these and other errors.
"Several studies showed that kids at"
"Several studies have shown that children from..."
Especially young people are
"Young people especially are..."
Children at this stage learn especially languages very fast
"Children at this stage especially learn languages very fast.."
: Nowadays education plays a very important role in our
: society. Especially young people are encouraged to learn as much as
: they can. I think that it is never too early for a good education but
: it ought to be non-formal.
: Several studies showed that kids at the age of four to six have
: a high learning potential and this potential should be used to their
: advantage. Children at this stage learn especially languages very fast
: and should therefore e.g. spend holiday in a foreign country. There
: they would learn the language very easily and fast. Based on these
: abilities it would be very easy to encourage the child to learn this
: language at home in a more formal way.
: My view of a formal education is a child in a school uniform sitting
: on a desk in the classroom and try to learn something about the greek
: history and that does not fit to the interests of a child; it is just
: boring and the child will lose the interest on these topics and
: other issues. And this can not be the proper way.
: To my opinion the motivation of a child to learn something is very
: important for the future development. Therefore i would show the child
: that learning can and should be fun. I would play games like memory,
: scrabble or trivial pursuit. Through this games the child would learn
: something and has fun as well.
: The child would learn something through this soft and native education
: and has therefore a small advantage at school. Through this
: benefit school would not be a big threat at the beginning and
: therefore the child would have more fun in school as well.