Q4 Some people say that the only reason for learning a foreign language is in order to travel to or work in a foreign country. Others say that these are not the only reasons why someone should learn a foreign language. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Recently, the issue of studying a foreign language has become the subject of heated debate. Some people assert that travelling and working abroad are not the sole reasons for learning a second language, while others argue otherwise. Personally, I wholeheartedly agree with the former stance. In the following essay, both views will be discussed before a conclusion is reached with my opinion.
On the one hand, those who claim that people only acquire a foreign language so as to taking overseas trips and job postings do so for several reasons. Proponents of this argument insist that having a tight grasp of a language other than one’s mother tongue could facilitate various aspects of travelling to a foreign country, from buying food to organising cultural activities. In addition, people who are fluent in a second language are more likely to find well-paying employment opportunities considering that in the era of globalisation, the majority of international companies have a predisposition to hire multilingual job seekers. This is because global corporations often dispatch their employees to a foreign nation where they have branches.
My opinion, however, is that it seems short-sighted to contend that travelling and working abroad are the sole motivations for becoming fluent in different languages. The most oft-cited argument against such a view is that having a deeper understanding of a foreign language makes it possible for people to access numerous pieces of invaluable information with greater ease. As a brief illustration, scientists can gain a great deal of useful knowledge by reading books and articles which are written in common languages, such as English, on the Internet. In addition, foreign language proficiency can broaden people’s perspectives. To be more specific, multilingual individuals are able to build strong relationships with foreigners as the language barrier does not prevent them from connecting with each other, which enables them not only to understand cultural diversity but also to become more open to different backgrounds. In light of the above, I find these more persuasive.
In conclusion, it is undeniable that there are a variety of opinions about this topic. However, after considering this matter in a careful manner, I fully support the view that there are other reasons why people are willing to learn other languages for the reasons discussed above.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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... people only acquire a foreign language so as to taking overseas trips and job postings ...
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... However, after considering this matter in a careful manner, I fully support the view that there ar...
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...guages for the reasons discussed above.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, second, so, well, while, as to, in addition, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 7.85571142285 51% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 10.4138276553 48% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 14.0 7.30460921844 192% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 24.0651302605 112% => OK
Preposition: 54.0 41.998997996 129% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2047.0 1615.20841683 127% => OK
No of words: 379.0 315.596192385 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.40105540897 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.41224685777 4.20363070211 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.04051445918 2.80592935109 108% => OK
Unique words: 218.0 176.041082164 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.575197889182 0.561755894193 102% => OK
syllable_count: 639.0 506.74238477 126% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 10.0 4.76152304609 210% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.2975951904 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 70.7049326426 49.4020404114 143% => OK
Chars per sentence: 127.9375 106.682146367 120% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.6875 20.7667163134 114% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.6875 7.06120827912 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.4128256513 147% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.347184628173 0.244688304435 142% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.100842918817 0.084324248473 120% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0812468472592 0.0667982634062 122% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.212225489119 0.151304729494 140% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0300923008953 0.056905535591 53% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.8 13.0946893788 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.67 50.2224549098 79% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.3001002004 119% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.34 12.4159519038 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.24 8.58950901804 108% => OK
difficult_words: 107.0 78.4519038076 136% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 9.78957915832 77% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.1190380762 111% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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