I'll begin by saying I disagree with the idea. It might or might not be
true that life will actually be easier when only a few languages exist. Plus, even if it is the case, it doesn't mean we should not be concerned with the extinction of languages.
First of all, let us take a look at what life would be like if there were only a handful of languages left in the world. It is true that in such a case, it might be easier for someone who knows one of the remaining languages to travel around and communicate with others, given that more people will share one particular language, but it can also pose challenges to communities where the language has been recently adopted. As we all know, language is the medium for most of the history in a particular geographical region. Once the language that was used to document life and events in the past is no longer spoken, it becomes considerably more difficult to preserve and spark interest in the local history, proving invaluable when trying to understand current issues. It is, therefore, hard to come to the conclusion that the removal of languages will only render life easier.
Moreover, the issue of languages dying out goes deeper than losing the ability to understand the past; it touches some core beliefs in modern societies such as diversity and autonomies. Evidently, language is largely responsible for the cultivation of a uniform yet distinct identity shared by community members. It is the foundation of most nation-states and within nation-states political divisions. The extinction of languages will likely result in a struggle of locating onself in this world for those who have recently adopted a language that was foreign to the land. Besides, the diversity in customs and ideas of formerly heterogeneous groups will inevitably subside, thereby turning society into a homogenous one.
As a result, it might actually be easier to rule such a society with unifying agendas and policies, hence less autonomy locally. However, after all those years of modern democracy, is this what we want in the end, though? A homogenous, integrated world that shares the same voices and concerns? I have my reservation for it. It borders the idea of a brave new world depicted in some of the dystopian novels.
To conclude, the prospect of the extinction of languages is not a
particularly thrilling one since one does not necessarily live a comfortable life when that comes true, and it can bear scary dystopian sounding consequences.
- TPO 16
- Summarize the points made in the lecture being sure to explain how they cast doubt on specific points made in the reading passage 3
- Every year several languages die out Some people think that this is not important because life will be easier if there are fewer languages in the world To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion 78
- Eco certification and American wood companies Integrated Reading Section In an effort to encourage ecologically sustainable forestry practices an international organization started issuing certifications to wood companies that meet high ecological standar 3
- Every year several languages die out Some people think that this is not important because life will be easier if there are fewer languages in the world To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion 67
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 1, Rule ID: ILL_I_LL[1]
Message: Did you mean 'I'll'?
Suggestion: I'll
Ill begin by saying I disagree with the ide...
^^^
Line 2, column 106, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...exist. Plus, even if it is the case, it doesnt mean we should not be concerned with th...
^^^^^^
Line 7, column 378, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...e idea of a brave new world depicted in some of the dystopian novels. To conclude, the p...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, besides, but, first, hence, however, if, look, moreover, so, therefore, after all, as for, such as, as a result, first of all, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 13.1623246493 144% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 7.85571142285 165% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 10.4138276553 115% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 7.30460921844 192% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 24.0651302605 137% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 55.0 41.998997996 131% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2080.0 1615.20841683 129% => OK
No of words: 422.0 315.596192385 134% => OK
Chars per words: 4.92890995261 5.12529762239 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.53239876712 4.20363070211 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80574724542 2.80592935109 100% => OK
Unique words: 232.0 176.041082164 132% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.549763033175 0.561755894193 98% => OK
syllable_count: 670.5 506.74238477 132% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 5.43587174349 202% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 5.0 2.52805611222 198% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 16.0721442886 118% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 67.2855987605 49.4020404114 136% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.473684211 106.682146367 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.2105263158 20.7667163134 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.05263157895 7.06120827912 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.38176352705 160% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => 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: 0.301590297243 0.244688304435 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.082688337073 0.084324248473 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0544782704738 0.0667982634062 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.129637947017 0.151304729494 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0605795900629 0.056905535591 106% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 13.0946893788 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 50.2224549098 98% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.31 12.4159519038 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.88 8.58950901804 103% => OK
difficult_words: 111.0 78.4519038076 141% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 1, Rule ID: ILL_I_LL[1]
Message: Did you mean 'I'll'?
Suggestion: I'll
Ill begin by saying I disagree with the ide...
^^^
Line 2, column 106, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...exist. Plus, even if it is the case, it doesnt mean we should not be concerned with th...
^^^^^^
Line 7, column 378, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...e idea of a brave new world depicted in some of the dystopian novels. To conclude, the p...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, besides, but, first, hence, however, if, look, moreover, so, therefore, after all, as for, such as, as a result, first of all, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 13.1623246493 144% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 7.85571142285 165% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 10.4138276553 115% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 7.30460921844 192% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 24.0651302605 137% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 55.0 41.998997996 131% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2080.0 1615.20841683 129% => OK
No of words: 422.0 315.596192385 134% => OK
Chars per words: 4.92890995261 5.12529762239 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.53239876712 4.20363070211 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80574724542 2.80592935109 100% => OK
Unique words: 232.0 176.041082164 132% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.549763033175 0.561755894193 98% => OK
syllable_count: 670.5 506.74238477 132% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 5.43587174349 202% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 5.0 2.52805611222 198% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 16.0721442886 118% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 67.2855987605 49.4020404114 136% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.473684211 106.682146367 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.2105263158 20.7667163134 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.05263157895 7.06120827912 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.38176352705 160% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => 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: 0.301590297243 0.244688304435 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.082688337073 0.084324248473 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0544782704738 0.0667982634062 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.129637947017 0.151304729494 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0605795900629 0.056905535591 106% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 13.0946893788 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 50.2224549098 98% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.31 12.4159519038 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.88 8.58950901804 103% => OK
difficult_words: 111.0 78.4519038076 141% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 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.