primary school Im'a teacher in the Netherlands. i teach children with an age of 7/8. ou're school wants to start to learn the children to learn english from the age of 4 instead of 10. Because the brains of young children devellop verry fast and are more cappable of learning a 2nd language then older children. They learn the words not by translation but by integration in the way of living. (i hope this artike makes any sense.)