The Struggles of Learning a Foreign Language in High School

I think that you should not ask high school students to study foreign languages. Learning a foreign language can be frustrating, it is difficult to store information, and the course is troublesome. When I was a high school student, I had to graduate Spanish as a foreign language. However, I passed the course, but it was very difficult. Even after passing through the course, it is still difficult to read and understand the speaking people. When I tried to use it in the real world, I found that what I learned was little or useless for me.

In many parts of the country, foreign language learning including American Sign Language (ASL) could not be started up to high school. The most common foreign language so far is Spanish, and about 70% of K - 12 students are learning this language. French, German, Chinese, Latin are the next most common. Especially Chinese are increasingly popular. Between junior high school students and high school students, students usually choose one or more electives each year. The types of elective courses to be offered vary widely. Some electives may be special courses related to core subjects, especially in high school. For example, you can take courses in American literature, English literature, or women's literature as an alternative or supplement to the standard English course. Other elective subjects may focus on students' interests and abilities, such as visual art, music, drama, debate, school newspaper etc. Some also mean to teach practical life skills.

According to the 2010 Application Second Language Research Center, foreign language learning at elementary school improved the language level of students without waiting for high school and high school. Students who began to learn a foreign language at elementary school reached a somewhat higher level of ability to read, write and talk than students who started at high school. Elementary school beginners are 70% more likely to reach an intermediate level than students waiting to learn foreign languages ​​to high school.