Reason for learning a foreign language

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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.Which point of view do you agree with?

Learning a foreign language is becoming a trend worldwide.An increasing number of people suppose that people only learn foreign languages to work abroad and visit a foreign country.Others,however,argue that there are several other reasons explaining for this trend.In my opinion,i strongly agree with the later view.

First and foremost,people learn foreign languages to satisfy their interest in linguistics.As we see,many people are passionate about languages.Therefore,they learn foreign languages as a way to pursue their passion.My father's case is a specific example.He has a great enthusiasm about languages and he has been learning four foreign languages.

In addition,people learn foreign languages to broaden their knowledge.Learning foreign languages gives them opportunities to expose to different cultures,histories and traditions of other nations.As a result,they will gain useful information.For instance,when learning English,i can get knowledge about many things involving England such as English lifestyles or customs.

I admit that many people learn foreign languages with a view to travel or work in foreign countries.However,it is only one reason among lots of reasons why someone should learn a foreign language.

In conclusion,i believe that people learn foreign languages not only for traveling and working abroad but also for a lot of other reasons.People should take advantage of languages which they have learned to do other things rather than traveling and working.

HIen, in the opening statement, do not use the term "later view" as the correct term is "latter view". In order to properly have used this term you should have referred to the first opinion as the "former" in the sentence where you say that you agree with the last part of the prompt topic. Aside from agreeing with the latter view, you should have indicated, towards the end of the statement that you will be presenting reasons that will support your claims. That is because the opening statement requires you to outline your discussion procedure, without actually presenting any actual data yet.

Now, when you speak of your father as evidence of your opinion, you need to expand upon that discussion by offering the languages that he speaks and most importantly, explain why he had a desire to study these languages. Since that discussion needs to be expanded upon, it should be presented as a separate paragraph within the essay. Since there is a 5 paragraph limit in the essay. It would be best for you to pick your evidences. One pro and one con evidence discussion will suffice in these instances because you only have 3 body paragraphs within which you can discuss these evidences.

Based on the content of your essay though. The discussion you provided is acceptable and does the job where you need it to. So I do not think that you will score too low with this essay. I would score this a 5 because of the good way that you developed the discussion. I scored you down for the problem portions in order to come closer to an actual test scoring possibility.

Never use stand alone sentences in an academic essay. Always make sure that it falls within the 3 sentence format or incorporate that sentence into the existing current paragraph instead. You have this problem in the sentence preceding the concluding statement and, your concluding statement also suffers from the same problem. That is a writing error that you need to be conscious of and should be prepared to correct once you see that you have committed the error in the actual test. Practice the paragraph format at all times while doing the practice test.