Regarding the four-year-olds in Liverpool who are to learn foreign languages (News, 7 June) - it's about time this was done. It has been said time and again that children are like sponges and can absorb vast amounts at a young age. Most countries put us to shame. They are fluent in English, yet our attempts to speak their language are pathetic and we expect English to be spoken wherever we go.
Regarding the four-year-olds in Liverpool who are to learn foreign languages (News, 7 June) - it's about time this was done.
It has been said time and again that children are like sponges and can absorb vast amounts at a young age. Most countries put us to shame. They are fluent in English, yet our attempts to speak their language are pathetic and we expect English to be spoken wherever we go.
My children, including my three-year-old son, are all taught in school through the medium of Welsh and their progress is astounding. If it can be done with Welsh it can be done with any language.
Leaving languages until secondary education puts children at a disadvantage as, by this time, their sponge-like learning ability has all but disappeared.
Tegwen Howells, Risca, Gwent
