Q3 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 views and give your opinion.
Recently, the issue of studying a foreign language has become the subject of heated debate. Some people assert that working and travelling abroad are not the sole reasons for learning a second language, while others argue otherwise. Personally, I wholeheartedly agree with the former stance. In the following essay, both views will be discussed before a conclusion is reached with my opinion.
On the one hand, those who claim that people acquire a foreign language so as to take overseas trips and job postings do so for several reasons. Proponents of this argument insist that being fluent in a foreign language makes it possible for individuals to facilitate various aspects of trips from buying groceries to organising cultural activities. In addition, multilingual individuals are more likely to find well-paying and prestigious employment opportunities in a job market with greater ease given that the majority of large corporations have a predisposition to hire job seekers who are proficient in a foreign language. This is mainly because in the era of globalisation, international companies often dispatch their employees to a foreign nation where they have branches.
My opinion, however, is that it seems short-sighted to contend that working and travelling overseas are the only motivations for acquiring a foreign language. Perhaps the most compelling reason is that having a tight grasp of a language other than one's mother tongue enables people to reap beneficial information. As a brief illustration, scientists are capable of gaining a huge amount of knowledge related to the field where they conduct research by consulting books or articles written in a common language, such as English. Furthermore, people can easily mingle with speakers of different languages as the language barrier does not prevent them from connecting with one another. This can lead them not only to have a deeper understanding of cultural diversity but also to become more open-minded. In light of the above, I find these more persuasive.
In conclusion, it is undeniable that there are a variety of opinions about this topic. However, after considering this matter in a careful manner, I fully support the view that there are other reasons why people are willing to learn other languages for the reasons discussed above.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 73, Rule ID: SO_AS_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'to'
Suggestion: to
... that people acquire a foreign language so as to take overseas trips and job postings do...
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Line 5, column 249, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
... a tight grasp of a language other than ones mother tongue enables people to reap be...
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Line 7, column 127, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a careful manner" with adverb for "careful"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
... However, after considering this matter in a careful manner, I fully support the view that there ar...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, however, if, second, so, well, while, as to, in addition, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 7.85571142285 38% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 7.30460921844 178% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 24.0651302605 121% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 50.0 41.998997996 119% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1955.0 1615.20841683 121% => OK
No of words: 368.0 315.596192385 117% => OK
Chars per words: 5.3125 5.12529762239 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.37987740619 4.20363070211 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.00731499289 2.80592935109 107% => OK
Unique words: 215.0 176.041082164 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.584239130435 0.561755894193 104% => OK
syllable_count: 619.2 506.74238477 122% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 5.43587174349 147% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.2975951904 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 58.08718528 49.4020404114 118% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.1875 106.682146367 115% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.0 20.7667163134 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.5 7.06120827912 92% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => 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: 0.32681831689 0.244688304435 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0927100984312 0.084324248473 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0795970735992 0.0667982634062 119% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.202155853796 0.151304729494 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0419554869424 0.056905535591 74% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.1 13.0946893788 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.67 50.2224549098 79% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.3001002004 119% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.81 12.4159519038 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.45 8.58950901804 110% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 78.4519038076 139% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 9.78957915832 77% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.1190380762 111% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.7795591182 130% => 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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