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 these views and give your own opinion.
The primary drive for foreign language learning is open to debate in the context of globalisation. Although overseas trips for work or fun can be a purpose, it is not the only one to encourage people to learn another language from my perspective.
Some claim that learning a foreign language primarily aims to travel or work abroad for several reasons. Among the explanations is the objective consequence of globalisation. The influence of multinational companies and improved communication globally connecting different cultures and economies have led to a rise in the number of people needing overseas jobs, which results in a growth in the demand for foreign language proficiency accordingly. Another well-based ground to support mastering learning another language is the benefits it can yield to holidaymakers, overseas entrepreneurs and workers. To travellers, knowing a foreign language can open the door to their cultural life fulfilment and provide them with potential opportunities to broaden their horizons, allowing them to enjoy their trips wholesomely. Regarding those working in the economic field, overseas staffers can regard their foreign language mastery as a strength in their CV and cooperation with their colleagues. Meanwhile, entrepreneurs working abroad can boost their business trade internationally thanks to their language ability.
Nevertheless, there are more purposes for foreign language mastery than just travelling and working abroad. One of the most apparent drives is to benefit linguistic intelligence and other cognitive abilities. The theory of multiple intelligences shows that language competence can be a type of human intelligence since it contributes to human ultimate intellectual capacity. Besides, language learning can help develop strong cognitive skills, such as better concept formation, mental flexibility, multitasking, analytical skills and problem-solving. Another aim of foreign language learning is to develop social skills since it can enhance people's confidence to communicate with people around the world and let them make friends internationally, allowing them to understand foreign traditions and cultural diversity and spread their culture to the world. Furthermore, in the case of students, foreign language proficiency is a criterion to evaluate academic ability at school, as at least a foreign language is mandatory in an academic syllabus.
In conclusion, travelling or working overseas can be one but not the only drive for mastering another foreign language.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, besides, but, furthermore, if, nevertheless, regarding, so, well, while, at least, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 10.4138276553 144% => OK
Relative clauses : 3.0 7.30460921844 41% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 21.0 24.0651302605 87% => OK
Preposition: 48.0 41.998997996 114% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 8.3376753507 156% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2159.0 1615.20841683 134% => OK
No of words: 373.0 315.596192385 118% => OK
Chars per words: 5.78820375335 5.12529762239 113% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.39467950092 4.20363070211 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.24249185397 2.80592935109 116% => OK
Unique words: 197.0 176.041082164 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.528150134048 0.561755894193 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 682.2 506.74238477 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 5.43587174349 18% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.2975951904 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 62.4778710825 49.4020404114 126% => OK
Chars per sentence: 134.9375 106.682146367 126% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.3125 20.7667163134 112% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.375 7.06120827912 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 8.67935871743 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 3.9879759519 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.301821460808 0.244688304435 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.118561632142 0.084324248473 141% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0784461305433 0.0667982634062 117% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.220116292245 0.151304729494 145% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0333362277463 0.056905535591 59% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.5 13.0946893788 134% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 31.21 50.2224549098 62% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 11.3001002004 129% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.6 12.4159519038 134% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.48 8.58950901804 110% => OK
difficult_words: 111.0 78.4519038076 141% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.1190380762 111% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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