There are many advantages to introducing the student to the study of a second language at an early age.
Children have an innate ability for language learning.
At this age, there is no resistance to learning a second language, and this enhances the all-important factor, motivation. In the early stages of second language learning, imitation and creative re-use are more important than reasoning or formal grammatical analysis. It is by acceptance that vocabulary and structure are acquired. In the beginning stages of second language learning, a good deal of repetition of sounds, vocabulary words, and structures is necessary. Young children accept and expect repetition in nursery rhymes, stories and songs.