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 views and give your opinion

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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 views and give your opinion.

It is widely believed that learning a foreign language is solely beneficial for travel and employment overseas. While some people had this view, I think that there are other motives for picking up an additional language.

On the one hand, travel and work in a foreign country are deemed to be common reasons for language acquisition, especially in this globalised world. In other words, globalisation made it very easy now for people to travel or to migrate to another country. Travellers usually have a strong desire to communicate with local people and learn more about the culture of the country they visit. Thus, they are encouraged to pick up a foreign language to meet this purpose. Regarding migrants, being able to speak the language of a host country could be a huge advantage for acclimatisation and job performance. Therefore, those who work overseas are very keen to learn an additional language.

On the other hand, I believe that people still have an interest in foreign language acquisition for other reasons even if it is not for travel or work. This can be for their hobbies. Many people indeed like learning languages because this activity helps to strengthen their cognitive capabilities and gives them a sense of self-fulfilment. In addition, a large number of people married to foreigners, as a result, this is likely to motivate them to acquire the language of their partners so that they can communicate with each other more effectively.

In conclusion, it is evident that travelling and working abroad are compelling/obvious reasons for people to learn a foreign language. However, I am of the view that these are not the only rationales for additional language acquisition as there are some others mentioned above.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: many; numerous
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
however, if, regarding, so, still, then, therefore, thus, while, i think, in addition, in conclusion, as a result, in other words, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 7.85571142285 38% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 24.0651302605 121% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 36.0 41.998997996 86% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1464.0 1615.20841683 91% => OK
No of words: 287.0 315.596192385 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.10104529617 5.12529762239 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.11595363751 4.20363070211 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.97387933267 2.80592935109 106% => OK
Unique words: 150.0 176.041082164 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.522648083624 0.561755894193 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 474.3 506.74238477 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 5.43587174349 166% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.2975951904 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.4150840114 49.4020404114 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.571428571 106.682146367 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.5 20.7667163134 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.5714285714 7.06120827912 150% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 3.9879759519 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.381477728692 0.244688304435 156% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.143759794523 0.084324248473 170% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0912035955136 0.0667982634062 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.278906518034 0.151304729494 184% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0776986044531 0.056905535591 137% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 13.0946893788 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 50.2224549098 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.3001002004 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.3 12.4159519038 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.31 8.58950901804 97% => OK
difficult_words: 67.0 78.4519038076 85% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.1190380762 99% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 56.1797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 9
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