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 these views and give your opinion.
Many argue that learning a second language is only important for the purpose of traveling or working overseas, while some say that there are other reasons why one should learn a foreign language. In this essay, both opinions will be discussed.
On one hand, learning a country’s local language before going there helps travelers maneuver around the place. It is easy to get lost in a foreign land if nobody understands what you are saying. Likewise, it is also difficult to keep one’s job if one cannot converse to his or her colleagues. Hence, learning to speak like a native is very practical in these scenarios.
On the other hand, the importance of learning other people’s language beyond these purposes can also have other benefits. For instance, it shows interest to a culture not their own. By learning their language, you are able to have a deeper understanding of what their customs and traditions are, thus cultivating respect towards each other which is a foundation of building relationships. Also, misunderstanding can also be lessen brought by wrong translations, thereby decreasing risk of aggression. Lastly, if everyone is able to speak a common language, this will make transfer of information much faster and communication will be much effective.
In summary, learning a foreign language benefits travelers and overseas workers, but aside from these, it can also serve another purpose. Like bridging gaps between nations brought by different culture. It can also help us effectively communicate to other nationalities, minimizing misunderstanding and help build good relationships between other ethnicities and countries.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, hence, if, lastly, likewise, second, so, thus, while, for instance, in summary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 13.1623246493 99% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 3.0 7.30460921844 41% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 20.0 24.0651302605 83% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 41.998997996 74% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1408.0 1615.20841683 87% => OK
No of words: 259.0 315.596192385 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.43629343629 5.12529762239 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.01166760082 4.20363070211 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.14339308418 2.80592935109 112% => OK
Unique words: 161.0 176.041082164 91% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.621621621622 0.561755894193 111% => OK
syllable_count: 435.6 506.74238477 86% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.2975951904 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.1299792017 49.4020404114 97% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.571428571 106.682146367 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.5 20.7667163134 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.71428571429 7.06120827912 109% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.309037213885 0.244688304435 126% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0942355232756 0.084324248473 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.127554360662 0.0667982634062 191% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.205001713442 0.151304729494 135% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.138248938048 0.056905535591 243% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 13.0946893788 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 50.2224549098 89% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.27 12.4159519038 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.8 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 78.4519038076 89% => 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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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.