Schools should not force children to learn a foreign language. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
There has been an increasingly popularised opinion that learning a foreign language should not be compulsory for children at school. From my perspective, I partly agree with the aforementioned statement for the following reasons.
On the one hand, learning languages is obviously essential for children’s lives. It is a prerequisite for employees of the majority of companies. As international trade has exploded in this globalized world, recruiters value candidates who can speak more than one language. Hence, if juveniles master a foreign language at an early age, the amount of time spent on studying subsequently can be reduced since they will only have to learn academic subjects that cater to their better performance at work. Additionally, learning languages can expand their worldview. Each language has its own style and partly reflects the culture and heritage of the native country. Therefore, not only do children learn its language, but they also acquire a deeper understanding of its unique perspectives, enhancing the outdated prejudice rooted in their minds.
On the other hand, despite the fact that children had better learn at least one foreign language, there should be a prohibition against children being forced to do so by schools. Chief among these is the decreased efficiency of learning. Being made to learn a language they do not want to learn can cause lethargy and disinterest among juveniles. Afterward, they are likely to obtain a low attendance record at school, which negatively affects their school profile, and even worse, getting a decent occupation with lucrative incomes can be out of reach. Another point worth considering is that students might face the potential threat of mixing languages. According to a recent report, 20% of children encounter language issues due to their early exposure to a language different from their mother tongue. At this stage, children have not mastered their native languages yet. Therefore, if they learn another language, they might encounter language disorders, in which their brains are overwhelmed when managing to learn the two languages simultaneously.
In conclusion, while learning a foreign language can exert several advantages, it should be optional for children. It is recommended that schools apply several measures to raise the children’s awareness of the importance of proficiency in a foreign language to encourage their interest in linguistic learning.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, hence, if, so, therefore, while, at least, in conclusion, 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: 12.0 7.85571142285 153% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 9.0 7.30460921844 123% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 24.0651302605 129% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 49.0 41.998997996 117% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2079.0 1615.20841683 129% => OK
No of words: 379.0 315.596192385 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.48548812665 5.12529762239 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.41224685777 4.20363070211 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.99856900869 2.80592935109 107% => OK
Unique words: 214.0 176.041082164 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.564643799472 0.561755894193 101% => OK
syllable_count: 637.2 506.74238477 126% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.76152304609 168% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 16.0721442886 118% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.2975951904 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.9485682152 49.4020404114 105% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.421052632 106.682146367 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.9473684211 20.7667163134 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.52631578947 7.06120827912 64% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 8.67935871743 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.317529121526 0.244688304435 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.104573981492 0.084324248473 124% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0817782607254 0.0667982634062 122% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.224839061764 0.151304729494 149% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0386786013956 0.056905535591 68% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 13.0946893788 110% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 50.2224549098 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.56 12.4159519038 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.87 8.58950901804 103% => OK
difficult_words: 103.0 78.4519038076 131% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.1190380762 95% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 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.