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 own opinion.
The subject of speaking a second tongue is one with varying viewpoints among different age groups. A good portion of people believe that a foreign language is learnt to smoothen travel experience or to land a high paying job in a developed nation. On the other hand, several individuals argue that there are other reasons to consider learning a second language.
Before planning a tour, it is beneficial to learn some basic words of destination country for a smooth conversation with the locals, in case you need any help. Otherwise, people may struggle to ask for something as simple as water. The job prospects of an individual undoubtedly increase if they are proficient in another language when applying to a multinational company as it proves to be a valuable asset while conversing with foreign clients. For instance, I possess German-speaking skills which comes in handy whenever my colleagues face problems in understanding a customer from another country.
There is a horde of factors other than job or tour that instigate people to have a firm grasp of an alien language. Prospective students looking to study in a foreign university are generally required to prove their fluency in local language through qualifications such as IELTS, TOEFL and others. Individuals who wish to seek permanent residency (PR) in another country need to learn their language as a prerequisite, failing which their chances may plummet. Many people also learn a foreign language to work as a translator for government officials, which offers a handsome salary.
So, to conclude, in my opinion, there are numerous factors other than just job opportunities and tourist issues to learn a foreign language, which are equally important.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, if, look, may, second, so, then, while, for instance, such as, in my opinion, 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: 4.0 7.85571142285 51% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 10.4138276553 38% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 9.0 7.30460921844 123% => OK
Pronoun: 13.0 24.0651302605 54% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 41.998997996 90% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1449.0 1615.20841683 90% => OK
No of words: 279.0 315.596192385 88% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.1935483871 5.12529762239 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.08696624509 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.98963407415 2.80592935109 107% => OK
Unique words: 170.0 176.041082164 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.609318996416 0.561755894193 108% => OK
syllable_count: 451.8 506.74238477 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 5.43587174349 37% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 16.0721442886 75% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 23.0 20.2975951904 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.7491721764 49.4020404114 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 120.75 106.682146367 113% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.25 20.7667163134 112% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.41666666667 7.06120827912 119% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => 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: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.252786219134 0.244688304435 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0886217516551 0.084324248473 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0589852218214 0.0667982634062 88% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.152144834022 0.151304729494 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0285330065308 0.056905535591 50% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.6 13.0946893788 111% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 50.2224549098 96% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.3001002004 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.12 12.4159519038 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.25 8.58950901804 108% => OK
difficult_words: 79.0 78.4519038076 101% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.1190380762 111% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => 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.