Learning a foreign language offers an insight into how people from other cultures think and see the world. The teaching of a foreign language should be compulsory at all primary schools. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view?
Language is linked to the identity of a nation, and speakers of a common language share many things, but does this give governments the right to restrict the way a language is used or taught?
It can be argued that a nation maintains its culture through its language, and so there is a need to restrict the use of foreign words and changes in pronunciation. However, in reality this approach is fruitless, because language is a living thing and it is impossible to stop it from changing. This policy has been tried in some countries, but it never works. People, especially young people,...
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No. of Different Words: 163 200
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 8.0 out of 9
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 11 15
No. of Words: 292 350
No. of Characters: 1360 1500
No. of Different Words: 163 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.134 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.658 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.606 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 93 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 71 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 54 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 24 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 26.545 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 10.908 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.727 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.353 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.652 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.088 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5