Some people say that the only reason for learning a foreign language is in order to travel or to 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.
While learning a new language could be an interesting experience for some people, there are others who would only do it under the conditions of overseas work assignments or if they are visiting a new country. Although, both views are commonly held in society, in my opinion learning a new language is unconditionally beneficial.
On one side of argument, there are people who prefer to learn a foreign language, only if they foresee a situation that challenges their ability to communicate. For instance, if they have found a job or want to attend a business meeting in a different country; as the time & efforts involved in learning a new language can be justified with an associated economic benefit. Furthermore, some people are willing to learn a new language only as part of their tourist expedition to a foreign country, as it would help them to navigate or hunt for souvenirs while they are travelling. Such benefits play the role of motivators or reasons, without which some people may be reluctant to shift towards another language.
On another side of argument, there are people who do not require any specific motivation, as learning a new language can be an enriching experience in itself. For instance, the ability to understand another language can expose a person to a new variety of literature in form of books and entertainment in form movies. Additionally, learning a foreign language can enable us to communicate with a large number people via internet and make virtual friends. Consequently, creative ideas can be shared within artistic and scientific communities from different countries without crossing the borders.
In conclusion, the benefits of learning a new language go beyond tourism and economic gains. Learning new language not only gives a better understanding of a new culture but also enables access to information apart from one’s native language. It is recommended, that everyone should learn at least one foreign language.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 326, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ld learn at least one foreign language.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, furthermore, if, may, so, while, apart from, at least, for instance, in conclusion, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 13.1623246493 106% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 10.4138276553 86% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 15.0 24.0651302605 62% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 41.998997996 95% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 8.3376753507 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1656.0 1615.20841683 103% => OK
No of words: 319.0 315.596192385 101% => OK
Chars per words: 5.19122257053 5.12529762239 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.22617688928 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.03340129846 2.80592935109 108% => OK
Unique words: 171.0 176.041082164 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.53605015674 0.561755894193 95% => 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: 2.0 5.43587174349 37% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.10420841683 238% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => 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: 24.0 20.2975951904 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.1180211539 49.4020404114 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 127.384615385 106.682146367 119% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.5384615385 20.7667163134 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.38461538462 7.06120827912 133% => 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 : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.283887811503 0.244688304435 116% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.115681951447 0.084324248473 137% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0674352316677 0.0667982634062 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.188860620997 0.151304729494 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0489411786796 0.056905535591 86% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 13.0946893788 117% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 38.66 50.2224549098 77% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.3001002004 122% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.12 12.4159519038 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.94 8.58950901804 104% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 78.4519038076 106% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 9.78957915832 143% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.1190380762 115% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.7795591182 130% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.