Freudenstein (1979) indicate that some people believe more mature children and adults are learning foreign language faster than the younger learners. Furthermore, “psychologists argue that an early start in teaching foreign languages could create motivational problems”; (Freudenstein, 1979, p15) younger learners may lose enthusiasm for second language study, because that needed spending a long time on learning and memorizing. Meanwhile, Freudenstein (1979) also claim that experts are still not reaching a consensus on what the most propriety age to start second language learning. And it is a complex issue which contents many aspects, like social, psychological and political.

Freudenstein (1979) indicated that some people believed more mature children and adults learned foreign language faster than the younger learners. Furthermore, “psychologists argued that an early start in foreign languages teaching could create motivational problems” that younger learners might lose enthusiasm for second language study because a long time was needed for learning and memorizing. Meanwhile, Freudenstein (1979) also claimed that experts still had not reached a consensus on what the most proper age to start second language learning was, which was a complex issue consisting of many aspects, like social, psychological and political ones.(for reference only)