Some people say that the only reason for learning a foreign language is in order to travel or work in a foreign country. Others say that these are not the only reasons why someone should learn foreign language.Discuss both these views and give your own op

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Some people say that the only reason for learning a foreign language is in order to travel or work in a foreign country. Others say that these are not the only reasons why someone should learn foreign language.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

What is the purpose of learning a foreign language is a debatable issue. It is believed that a new language is only required for working or travelling abroad while others disagree with it claiming that there are reasons for it. There are many arguments supporting these views.

On the one hand, supporters of the idea of learning a language for work or travel argue that if a foreign language is not used frequently, it will be forgotten. In other words, those are the only situations in which an individual has to use the language every day. Furthermore, proponent of the idea believe that technological advances have rendered learning a foreign language for occasional applications obsolete. For example, free online translation websites have eradicated the need for knowing a second language for occasional usage. Therefore, it seems unreasonable to learn a foreign language except for working or travelling abroad.

On the other hand, those who oppose the idea point to the considerable advantages of learning a new language. Firstly, language learners can benefit medically from language learning. It has scientifically proven that bilingualism or multilingualism can stave off dementia. Moreover, learning a language means getting acquainted with a new culture. This broaden the learners' horizons and give them insights into how others see the world which eventually lead them to having better prospective for their lives. Consequently, the more an individual learn a foreign language, the more they can benefit from their lives.

To sum up, it would appear that since knowing a foreign language can impact our lives profoundly, working or travelling abroad are not necessarily the only reasons for an individual to learn a language.

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Average: 6.7 (1 vote)

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 528, Rule ID: MORE_A_JJ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'a more individual'?
Suggestion: a more individual
...tive for their lives. Consequently, the more an individual learn a foreign language, the more they...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
consequently, first, firstly, furthermore, if, moreover, second, so, therefore, while, as to, except for, for example, in other words, to sum up, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 13.1623246493 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 9.0 7.30460921844 123% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 24.0651302605 96% => OK
Preposition: 24.0 41.998997996 57% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 1.0 8.3376753507 12% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1482.0 1615.20841683 92% => OK
No of words: 276.0 315.596192385 87% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.36956521739 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.07593519647 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.9959079948 2.80592935109 107% => OK
Unique words: 147.0 176.041082164 84% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.532608695652 0.561755894193 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 468.0 506.74238477 92% => 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: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.10420841683 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.2975951904 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.1617945835 49.4020404114 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.8 106.682146367 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.4 20.7667163134 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.8666666667 7.06120827912 154% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 3.4128256513 176% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.355660489468 0.244688304435 145% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.127071319705 0.084324248473 151% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.079183026389 0.0667982634062 119% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.248589152176 0.151304729494 164% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0619444583557 0.056905535591 109% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 13.0946893788 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 50.2224549098 89% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.87 12.4159519038 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.36 8.58950901804 97% => OK
difficult_words: 67.0 78.4519038076 85% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 9.78957915832 77% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.1190380762 91% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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