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.
There are two different point of view regarding acquiring a second tongue. On the one hand, some people argue that second language is learnt to facilitate travel and increase the opportunity for finding an occupation in a foreign region. On the other hand, some others believe that there are other reasons and factors which lead people to make an effort to speak a foreign language. In this essay both of this view shall be elaborated and finally I will present my view.
Since many people tend to learn language of a country in which standard of living, job opportunities and study positions are higher, such as English which is communication tool in most powerful countries, US and UK to name a few, it illustrate that travel and work are the only pull factors. In fact, language domination is based on economy and stability of the country or countries that the dominate language is spoken in. To certify this claim, chinese has become increasingly popular among young people as china has grown exponentially over the past few decades and thus the new generation are paying more attention to golden opportunities in that flourishing country by learning its language.
There are, however, other less tangible evidences for learning a language as well. A second language provides an individual with a second mind and broader viewpoints. To better explain this, bilingual and trilingual people are usually more successful than monolingual people and usually are employed in senior positions in reputable international organizations. As a result, these days youngsters are urged to start learning a language except their mother tongues in order to have higher chance later on.
In addition, the World Wide Web (WWW), which has turned whole world into so-called global village, has further played its role as an encouragement of learning a foreign language. In fact, useful communication and beneficial research through the net require a second language, especially English, for non-English speaking nations.
In conclusion, I believe work and travel used to be essential reasons for learning a second language. However, there are other factors, such as getting a higher qualification and the Internet use that has intensified this trend.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Did you mean 'illustrates'?
Suggestion: illustrates
... countries, US and UK to name a few, it illustrate that travel and work are the only pull ...
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Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...bility of the country or countries that the dominate language is spoken in. To certify this ...
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Line 9, column 1, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
..., for non-English speaking nations. In conclusion, I believe work and travel u...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, however, if, regarding, second, so, thus, well, in addition, in conclusion, in fact, such as, as a result, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 7.85571142285 25% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 10.4138276553 144% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 24.0651302605 83% => OK
Preposition: 45.0 41.998997996 107% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1887.0 1615.20841683 117% => OK
No of words: 360.0 315.596192385 114% => OK
Chars per words: 5.24166666667 5.12529762239 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.35587717469 4.20363070211 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.85919434176 2.80592935109 102% => OK
Unique words: 205.0 176.041082164 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.569444444444 0.561755894193 101% => OK
syllable_count: 592.2 506.74238477 117% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 10.0 4.76152304609 210% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 20.2975951904 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 63.2376118742 49.4020404114 128% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.8 106.682146367 118% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.0 20.7667163134 116% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.86666666667 7.06120827912 126% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.29676210264 0.244688304435 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.090196730974 0.084324248473 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0661481051392 0.0667982634062 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.149650831946 0.151304729494 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0497212050406 0.056905535591 87% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 13.0946893788 117% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 50.2224549098 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.41 12.4159519038 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.69 8.58950901804 101% => OK
difficult_words: 88.0 78.4519038076 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.1190380762 115% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => 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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