Some people say that the only reason for learning a foreign language is in order to travel to or work in a foreign country. Others say that these are not the only reasons why someone should learn a foreign language.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Learning a foreign language has long ago not just been a privilege only the rich has. These days, almost everyone knows at least another language besides their mother tongue. Some claim that they choose to learn a language only to travel to that country or to seek a decent job. However, there are also people who argue that learning a language is more than that. Before rendering my opinion, I think it is important to look at the arguments on both sides.
Obviously, knowing one's language is an indispensable to work in that country. Speaking more than one language also gives people more job opportunities in their home country. For instance, Vietnam and China cooperates in many fields. As a result, although a Vietnamese does not really have an interest in Chinese, he or she cannot deny that speaking Chinese will help him or her find a better job with better pay. As to traveling abroad, having known that country's main language undeniably has many benefits. You won't have much difficulty asking directions and prices, reading signs or information in a historical site.
Nevertheless, nothing can be done well without passion. Many people choose to learn a language not because that language is popular and will bring them a lot of job opportunities, they learn it simply because they love that country's culture. Just as the saying goes:"To have a second language is to have a second soul", having known another language will give you greater insight about a country's culture. In addition, for book lovers, it provides a great opportunity to read novels and literature works in their native language.
Admittedly, there are merits to both arguments. As far as I am concerned, I'm in favour of the latter view. There are so much more about a language to learn and love other than travel and job opportunities. To sum up, when it comes to selecting a language to learn; other reasons, such as culture and literature, should as well be taken into consideration.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 75, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: I'm
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, however, if, look, nevertheless, really, second, so, well, as to, at least, for instance, i think, in addition, such as, as a result, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 10.4138276553 106% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 7.30460921844 151% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 24.0651302605 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 37.0 41.998997996 88% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 8.3376753507 48% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1651.0 1615.20841683 102% => OK
No of words: 335.0 315.596192385 106% => OK
Chars per words: 4.92835820896 5.12529762239 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.27820116611 4.20363070211 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.75447508461 2.80592935109 98% => OK
Unique words: 193.0 176.041082164 110% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.576119402985 0.561755894193 103% => OK
syllable_count: 523.8 506.74238477 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 0.0 2.52805611222 0% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 2.10420841683 285% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 16.0721442886 118% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 20.2975951904 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 40.6079833315 49.4020404114 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 86.8947368421 106.682146367 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.6315789474 20.7667163134 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.31578947368 7.06120827912 118% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 8.67935871743 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.4128256513 147% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.259503300748 0.244688304435 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0714962635597 0.084324248473 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0568931066576 0.0667982634062 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.152160586388 0.151304729494 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0640016794537 0.056905535591 112% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.6 13.0946893788 81% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 50.2224549098 108% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.3001002004 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.02 12.4159519038 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.01 8.58950901804 93% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 78.4519038076 96% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 9.78957915832 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.1190380762 87% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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