Colleges should require all students to demonstrate proficiency in at least one foreign language.
Directions: Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position.
As for now, with many universities specifying the English language as a prerequisite for international students, many students in colleges are already equipping themselves with the language, though it is not their mother tongue or their national language. Nonetheless, I believe that the recommendation made by the author, which is requiring students to demonstrate proficiency in at least one foreign language, is unnecessary unless it has some purpose in the fields of student’s future education.
Though it is true that a foreign language adds much weight to the student’s resume, it is very much certain that only vestiges of the language remain if the student doesn’t use the language in his daily life. Also, some students learn language by rote for solely examination purposes. In this scenario, the knowledge is just ephemeral. If this is the situation, the college shall be wasting time and resources for testing students. Therefore, implementation of the recommendation doesn’t fulfill any purpose either to the student or to the colleges.
On the contrary, let us assume a student of theology. Though many translations of the original scriptures of various religions are available, relying entirely on such translations might not reveal the true intentions of certain lines in the scriptures. For example, let us consider the Ramayana, a holy scripture in Hinduism. Though the original version of Ramayana states that the villain Ravana abducted Sita, wife of Rama, for his prurient desires, it is not an exaggeration that certain versions portray that this act is for a noble reason. However, it is undeniable that everyone has a unique perspective and definite biases. Therefore, for such students, providing an opportunity to learn a foreign language is helpful as they have a reason for learning the language. Furthermore, as these students have a purpose, they make an effort to learn meaningfully.
Furthermore, English is clearly subsuming all the world languages. In fact, it is obviating many native languages. From parents trying to communicate with their children in English to interviews and meetings in all organizations taking place in English, learning any other foreign language can be deemed unnecessary unless if the student is visiting the country in a student abroad program or if it a prerequisite for a college or a job. After all, in countries like India, there are a number of students who can cogently communicate in English than in Hindi.
To sum up, learning a language is similar to learning mathematics. Like calculus, language is highly volatile if not used. Having said that, we do not forget basic operations such as addition, multiplication, and division because our life metaphorically or directly runs with it just like the language we use on a daily basis. Unless a student has a penchant or a reason for learning foreign languages, this recommendation would not be of any value.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Two successive sentences begin with the same adverb. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
... an effort to learn meaningfully. Furthermore, English is clearly subsuming all the w...
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...communicate in English than in Hindi. To sum up, learning a language is simila...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, furthermore, however, if, may, nonetheless, so, therefore, after all, as for, at least, for example, in fact, such as, it is true, on the contrary, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 14.8657303371 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 52.0 58.6224719101 89% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 12.9106741573 70% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2500.0 2235.4752809 112% => OK
No of words: 470.0 442.535393258 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.31914893617 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.65612321451 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.17061328328 2.79657885939 113% => OK
Unique words: 235.0 215.323595506 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.5 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 793.8 704.065955056 113% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 9.0 3.10617977528 290% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 78.6701582664 60.3974514979 130% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.636363636 118.986275619 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.3636363636 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.40909090909 5.21951772744 142% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.83258426966 207% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.206335286442 0.243740707755 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0558678108155 0.0831039109588 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0654663701827 0.0758088955206 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.1252646084 0.150359130593 83% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.082032315599 0.0667264976115 123% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 14.1392134831 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 48.8420337079 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.58 12.1639044944 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.05 8.38706741573 108% => OK
difficult_words: 130.0 100.480337079 129% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 20.0 11.8971910112 168% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 Out of 6
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