One common school of thought argues that students should be compelled to study a second language at school. From my perspective, this subject should be a recommended part of the curriculum, not a mandatory one.
To begin with, learning a second language undeniably yields a great deal of benefits. Knowing another language allows children to explore the traditions, customs and ways of life of a different people, which boosts cross-cultural understanding and accelerates the process of international integration. In addition, when students master two or more languages, they can easily communicate with foreigners or adapt to an alien environment, which in turn grants them the freedom to move to any place on the globe to seek educational and professional opportunities without fear of language barriers. Furthermore, being bilingual gives them an edge over other candidates in the labor market and broadens their career prospects. For example, Vietnamese graduates who have a good command of English can choose to work for multinational corporations with higher-paying jobs and better working environment than those who do not speak a second language.
On the other hand, there are numerous reasons why makinga foreign language a compulsory component of the syllabus would do more harm than good. First of all, the academic workload in Asian countries is already too heavy and takes up a huge proportion of any student’s typical day. Therefore, added subjects mean students have less time for other recreational activities and are more likely to be subjected to stress. Secondly, the language taught at school, oftentimes English, might not be the one that students aspire to learn since some might have a passion for Chinese, Korean or Japanese instead. When students are pressured to perform well in a subject that they dislike, they become disheartened and stressed out, making the learning process counterproductive.
In conclusion, learning a foreign language should be encouraged, not forced, and students should have a say in which language they wish to study.
- Whoever controls the media also controls opinions and attitudes of the people and there is little can be done to rectify this To what extend do you agree or disagree 78
- Some people say that the main environmental problem of our time is the loss of particular species of plants and animals Others say that there are more important environmental problems Discuss both these views and give your own opinion 78
- Because many children are not able to learn foreign languages schools should not force them to learn foreign languages To what extent do you agree or disagree 89
- Some people think that some subjects such as mathematics and philosophy ought to be optional instead of compulsory To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion 89
- Some people say that the main environmental problem of our time is the loss of particular species of plants and animals Others say that there are more important environmental problems Discuss both these views and give your own opinion 61
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
..., there are numerous reasons why makinga foreign language a compulsory component ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, furthermore, if, second, secondly, so, therefore, well, for example, in addition, in conclusion, first of all, to begin with, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 13.1623246493 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 10.4138276553 115% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 13.0 24.0651302605 54% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 41.998997996 105% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1759.0 1615.20841683 109% => OK
No of words: 325.0 315.596192385 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.41230769231 5.12529762239 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24591054749 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.08330108198 2.80592935109 110% => OK
Unique words: 202.0 176.041082164 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.621538461538 0.561755894193 111% => OK
syllable_count: 536.4 506.74238477 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 5.43587174349 55% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 25.0 20.2975951904 123% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 54.8822300166 49.4020404114 111% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.307692308 106.682146367 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.0 20.7667163134 120% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.5384615385 7.06120827912 163% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 3.4128256513 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.235939317325 0.244688304435 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0855110531057 0.084324248473 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0776276772483 0.0667982634062 116% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.167830022602 0.151304729494 111% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0686601160697 0.056905535591 121% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.6 13.0946893788 127% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.64 50.2224549098 75% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 11.3001002004 126% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.39 12.4159519038 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.39 8.58950901804 109% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 78.4519038076 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.1190380762 119% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => 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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