OUTLINE 3

• Why do we need to learn a foreign laguage before puberty?

INTRODUCTION:

Thesis: Since knowing a foreign language is important, many people spend their time and money for their children in terms of learning a foreign language before puberty.

BODY PARAGRAPH 1:

Opening Sentence: Children are born with universal language capabilities.

Detail 1: Before the period of puberty, linguistic windows are open, and brain selects what it hears.     

Detail 2: Therefore, children’s brain is compared to a sponge that absorbs every kind of information.

Detail 3: According to some statics, the best time to learn a foreign language without difficulty and an accent is before seven years old.

BODY PARAGRAPH 2:

Transition/Opening Sentence: Furthermore, children’s first language must be acquired before the age of twelve.

Detail 1: After puberty, neurological changes in the brain make it impossible to learn a foreign language fully.

Detail 2: For instance, when children who lived in abroad until puberty, come to their hometown, they have difficulty in acquiring their mother tongue.

Detail 3: Such children keep making basic grammar mistakes even if they try hard to learn.

CONCLUSION:

Reconfirmed Thesis: If people do not acquire a foreign language before puberty, they will always have problems with accent and grammar.