- Published: January 19, 2022
- Updated: January 19, 2022
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
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High School High school is a critical time in the life of any person because they will have to make decisions that will affect them for therest of their lives. In an ever increasing globalized world, the one thing that will put teenagers ahead of their peers is learning a foreign language. It should be compulsory for high school students to study a foreign language at school for at least two years because it will give them an additional skill, help improve their thought processes, and give them self-confidence.
High schools students can pick up an extra skill if they are made to learn a foreign language while they are in school. It may be that they want nothing to do with the language that they have learned. The key is that having learned another language looks impressive on any CV because it will show potential employers that you can work outside of your comfort side.
Additionally, high school students should be required to learn a foreign language because it will improve their grades on other subjects too. Learning another language requires much brain power, and this extra effort can help develop a work ethic that benefits other subjects as well.
Finally, high school students can gain self-confidence by learning a foreign language. Mastering any foreign language requires hours of dedication, so finally being able to converse in it can give any student great confidence for them to take forward.
The importance of learning a foreign language cannot be denied. What better way to start than by making high school students study at least one foreign language for at least two years? High school students should be made to learn another language because it can look good to potential employers, improve other school aspects, and make them feel like they have achieved something of note.