KKR Wickramaratne2014-12-222014-12-222014Annual Research Symposium,Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka; 2014 :14phttp://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/4823Start age for formal education in second language varies throughout the world. Presently, In Sri Lanka, formal education in second language commences at grade three in government schools. Accordingly, this study aims at finding out whether starting formal English education from the first grade in Sri Lankan schools will make students more proficient in second language when they come to grade three while having no negative impact on their skills in mother tongue.Article