the students of class 3 had a discussion about whether it is necessary to start learning english from childhood . some of them think that english learning should start from childhood . as little boys and girls have a very good memory ,they can learn a lot of english words by heart . this will help them lay a solid foundation for their future english learning . but others do not agree . young children have to learn chinese pinyin at school . if they study chinese pinyin and english at the same time , it will be very easy for them to mix them up . this will do a lot of harm not only to their chinese learning but also to their future english learning . in short , the students have not arrived at any agreement , yet .