Second Language Ability

The importance of knowledge of a second language is increasing as the world changes and people of different cultures move to different parts of the world. With the increase of people who do not speak English in the United States, many people are facing the necessity of knowing a second language to be able to communicate with these people. In addition, as students are learning a second language, their critical thinking skills are improving and being developed quicker in the minds of the students. Foreign languages can be introduced to students in a variety of formats to middle school students. Sharifi, Ghanizadeh, and Jahedizadeh wrote about the effects of stimulation on foreign language development of middle school students. Stimulation

Boyson, Semmer, Thompson, and Rosenbusch researched the idea of beginning foreign language instruction in kindergarten. To effectively learn a foreign language, the language should be used in most of the classroom instruction time. Moreover, when teaching students who are not overly fluent in a language, the best way to instruct the students is through a scaffolding technique. Boyson, Semmer, Thompson, and Rosenbusch measured the growth of students who started foreign language instruction in kindergarten and students who started in middle school. They measured these students based on the success and growth though a language proficiency assessment. The results state that an early start to learning a foreign language was especially beneficial in the oral proficiency of the students. The beginning of foreign language instruction can be at any

Researchers often question the most beneficial age to begin foreign language instruction with students. In addition, the effect of content area language in the classroom of different classrooms is an influential aspect in many classrooms. Both ideas impact the success that students may have in the classroom and in their life after education. The vocabulary of many content areas is often complex and independent of the vocabulary used in other content areas. The instruction of foreign languages helps to build on the critical thinking skills of the student, and it help to refine some of the aspects of the students’ primary