‘All children should learn to speak a foreign language as soon as they start school.’
How far do you agree with this proposal? How important is it for a child to learn a foreign language?
Few topics are more important to parents than their children’s overall development, and the topic of learning a foreign language would probably always be controversial. However, it seems to me that the sheer cost, and unavailability of opportunity to use the foreign language in daily life makes this an impractical aspiration for many parents.
Perhaps the major obstacle for the learners would be not having enough opportunity to practice the foreign language in routine communication. Therefore, they will not learn the different usage of words and phrases in the country where this language is spoken. Also, without having a regular practice of speaking, kids tend to forget the language eventually. In addition, the tuition cost of learning a foreign language can be prohibitive, especially if there are only few tutors available who teach that language. Look at India for instance, a country where almost nobody speaks Chinese, the cost to hire a Chinese tutor can be expensive. Poor families cannot afford to pay such expensive fees. Finally, children already suffer with huge workload from their schools and other extra curriculum activities. Having another difficult task such as learning a completely foreign language will leave no time for them to play games or enjoy their childhood.
Admittedly, I do agree with those who argue that learning a foreign language can help children in their cognitive development and increase employment opportunities in future. However, this aspiration suffers significantly when confronted by social and financial reality.
Overall, it seems more logical that the decision to teach a foreign language to children should be based on family circumstances, and the ability and interest of the kid, rather than a general belief that “all children” should learn a foreign language. This in my opinion serves the best interest for the kid and the parents.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 165, Rule ID: IN_PAST[1]
Message: Did you mean: 'in the future'?
Suggestion: in the future
...t and increase employment opportunities in future. However, this aspiration suffers signi...
^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, however, if, look, so, therefore, for instance, in addition, such as, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 13.1623246493 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 24.0651302605 87% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 41.998997996 71% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1607.0 1615.20841683 99% => OK
No of words: 299.0 315.596192385 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.3745819398 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.1583189471 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.90301773961 2.80592935109 103% => OK
Unique words: 179.0 176.041082164 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.598662207358 0.561755894193 107% => OK
syllable_count: 502.2 506.74238477 99% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.10420841683 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.3062069198 49.4020404114 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.785714286 106.682146367 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.3571428571 20.7667163134 103% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.0 7.06120827912 99% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.67935871743 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.377340785769 0.244688304435 154% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.119567769342 0.084324248473 142% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0754086793384 0.0667982634062 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.234356622465 0.151304729494 155% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0154596917925 0.056905535591 27% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.5 13.0946893788 111% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 50.2224549098 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.87 12.4159519038 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.9 8.58950901804 104% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 78.4519038076 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 165, Rule ID: IN_PAST[1]
Message: Did you mean: 'in the future'?
Suggestion: in the future
...t and increase employment opportunities in future. However, this aspiration suffers signi...
^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, however, if, look, so, therefore, for instance, in addition, such as, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 13.1623246493 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 24.0651302605 87% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 41.998997996 71% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1607.0 1615.20841683 99% => OK
No of words: 299.0 315.596192385 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.3745819398 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.1583189471 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.90301773961 2.80592935109 103% => OK
Unique words: 179.0 176.041082164 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.598662207358 0.561755894193 107% => OK
syllable_count: 502.2 506.74238477 99% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.10420841683 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.3062069198 49.4020404114 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.785714286 106.682146367 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.3571428571 20.7667163134 103% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.0 7.06120827912 99% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.67935871743 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.377340785769 0.244688304435 154% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.119567769342 0.084324248473 142% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0754086793384 0.0667982634062 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.234356622465 0.151304729494 155% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0154596917925 0.056905535591 27% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.5 13.0946893788 111% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 50.2224549098 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.87 12.4159519038 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.9 8.58950901804 104% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 78.4519038076 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.