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Should students be required to take a second language? - Coggle Diagram
Should students be required to take a second language?
Specialized information
Canada is a bilingual country
All provinces of Canada requires students to take French as a second language at different grades.
Hook
Taking a second language is about learning a new skill so that you can communicate with more people.
Taking a second language is about learning the language's culture.
Thesis
Students should be required to learn a second language because a second language helps them to communicate with more people.
Argument #1: Learning a second language helps exercise the brain.
Memorizing spelling
Learning new things
Memorizing words and their meaning
Argument #2: Learning a second language can help communication.
Pronouncing new words
Talking with people you never met before
Talking with people in the language you are learning
Argument #3: Learning a second language can make the students more creative.
Writing a story
Improving and editing the story.
Making a sentence
History and Background
Canadian schools started to teach French as a second language is the 1960's.
Some schools let their students choose the second language they want to learn.
French as a second language is taught starting in grade 4 in Alberta.