Some people say that the only reason for learning a foreign language is in order to travel to or work in a foreign company. Others say that these are not the only reasons why someone should learn a foreign language. Discuss both views and give you own opinion.
Mastering a foreign tongue is now considered to be an essential part of many aspects of our lives. While some say that people learn it solely for traveling or working purposes, I side with those who believe that these are not the only reasons behind the acquisition of a new language.
There are some reasons why people connect language-learning with only traveling or work. Firstly, a decent command of a foreign language is a must for travelers if they want to express themselves clearly. Backpackers, for example, should be able to read street tabloids in a foreign tongue, communicate with locals in order not to be lost and explain their needs. Secondly, because international companies offer better employment prospects and salaries, experts regard foreign language proficiency as a nice opportunity to take their skills overseas. A skilled programmer, for instance, working for negligible wages in his home country will find it promising to work in, say, Google, having mastered the English language.
However, I agree with those who think that the reasons mentioned above are not the sole purposes behind learning a language. They are overlooking one of the most important motives, which is the educational one. Just by knowing a language, young people open doors to many educational opportunities. Almost all international universities now require foreign language proficiency proof to be obtained since this tongue will be the main means of knowledge acquisition. Consequently, these people will have a chance to study in world-class universities, such as Cambridge or Oxford, and get a high-quality education.
In conclusion, even though the main motivations behind learning a foreign language is thought to be only vocational or for traveling, I would argue that these are not the only reasons, because there is the educational purpose too.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
consequently, first, firstly, however, if, look, second, secondly, so, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 10.4138276553 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 24.0651302605 91% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 41.998997996 76% => 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: 1568.0 1615.20841683 97% => OK
No of words: 294.0 315.596192385 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.33333333333 5.12529762239 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14082457966 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.07217241127 2.80592935109 109% => OK
Unique words: 176.0 176.041082164 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.598639455782 0.561755894193 107% => OK
syllable_count: 493.2 506.74238477 97% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.76152304609 21% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => 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: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.2412696566 49.4020404114 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 120.615384615 106.682146367 113% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.6153846154 20.7667163134 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.76923076923 7.06120827912 138% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => 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: 0.391003555769 0.244688304435 160% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.131423332439 0.084324248473 156% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.1130270174 0.0667982634062 169% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.245959677399 0.151304729494 163% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0889293577667 0.056905535591 156% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.0 13.0946893788 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 50.2224549098 81% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 11.3001002004 116% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.93 12.4159519038 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.76 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 78.4519038076 96% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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