Topic 18/06/19: Many people disagree with a school policy which forces children to learn new languages. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
It is true that many school administrators have included mandatory subjects which focus on students’ language proficiency. Nevertheless, numerous parents and children oppose to this policy. Personally, I believe that languages should be incorporated in the curriculum, yet not forcefully taught.
In this day of globalization, languages have proven to be one of the most efficient tools for cross-cultural communication and superior job prospects. First of all, it has been easier than ever to travel worldwide and acquire understanding about other cultural values. Besides, foreign companies and investors are increasingly omnipresent in any countries, which open up unprecedented job opportunities for locals. For instance, Google or Microsoft have intercontinental branches that demand labor. Yet, without languages, individuals miss the chance to access global knowledge and to interact with those from different nations. Thus, schools merely realize this necessity to teach language modules that assist future employees.
However, it is absurd to consider languages as compulsory subjects. Since language is an aspect of arts, not every student possesses linguistic gifts. Therefore, forcing children to learn what they have no interest in will probably lead to boredom and frustration. Additionally, the number of languages to choose from is overwhelming for children whose career orientations are not yet determined, resulting in uninformed decisions. Hence, it is suggested that languages remain an optional, yet recommended subjects in the syllabus. For example, many education institutions in the UK offer art-related modules such as painting or singing as non-mandatory. Students can select based on the preferences, career plans and family background by which they will likely to discover their own talents.
In conclusion, while linguistic competence is a worthwhile skill to obtain, it is more important that learners have rights of freedom to decide if they want to immerse in learning a new language and educators should act as a source of support, respect and advice for young people rather than restrict their choices.
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| 2020-02-19 | annguyen0117 | 84 | view |
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
besides, first, hence, however, if, nevertheless, so, therefore, thus, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as, first of all, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 7.85571142285 64% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 10.4138276553 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 24.0651302605 87% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 41.998997996 95% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1835.0 1615.20841683 114% => OK
No of words: 318.0 315.596192385 101% => OK
Chars per words: 5.77044025157 5.12529762239 113% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.22286093782 4.20363070211 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.22457559095 2.80592935109 115% => OK
Unique words: 213.0 176.041082164 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.669811320755 0.561755894193 119% => OK
syllable_count: 560.7 506.74238477 111% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 16.0721442886 106% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.2975951904 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 54.9822871761 49.4020404114 111% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.941176471 106.682146367 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.7058823529 20.7667163134 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.0 7.06120827912 127% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => 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: 6.0 3.4128256513 176% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.163097611205 0.244688304435 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0472358045101 0.084324248473 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0355381813287 0.0667982634062 53% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0994576274071 0.151304729494 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0364276139362 0.056905535591 64% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.1 13.0946893788 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 36.28 50.2224549098 72% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.19 12.4159519038 130% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.09 8.58950901804 117% => OK
difficult_words: 112.0 78.4519038076 143% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.1190380762 91% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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