Directions: In this question, you will be asked to give your opinion about a
familiar topic. After you hear the question, you will have 15 seconds to
prepare your response and 45 seconds to speak.
Some people say that when a child moves to a new country, he should only be
taught in the native language of his new country. Others think that it is
better to teach in a bilingual method to help the children adjust. Which
method do you think is better? Use details and examples to support your
opinion.
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I think it is better to teach a young child only in the
native language of his new country. But, the older a child
is when he first arrives in his new country, the harder it
is going to be for him to learn the new language. Because it
is safe to assume that a child who has recently arrived in a
new country with his parents will speak his first language
at home, that child should speak and be surrounded with his
new language as much as possible everywhere else so that he
will quickly and more efficiently pick it up and be able to
function with it. When a child who moves to a new country is
a little older, I think a bilingual teaching method would be
better to help them adjust to their new language. Maybe a
child past third grade should have bilingual education to
adjust, and a child in a lower grade could be put straight
into their native language class.