Every Year several Languages Die Out – IELTS Writing Task 2

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Every Year several Languages Die Out – IELTS Writing Task 2

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Janice Thompson

Janice Thompson

Soon after graduating with a Master’s in Literature from Southern Arkansas University, she joined an institute as an English language trainer. She has had innumerous student interactions and has produced a couple of research papers on English language teaching. She soon found that non-native speakers struggled to meet the English language requirements set by foreign universities. It was when she decided to jump ship into IELTS training. From then on, she has been mentoring IELTS aspirants. She joined IELTSMaterial about a year ago, and her contributions have been exceptional. Her essay ideas and vocabulary have taken many students to a band 9.

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Mehedi

Posted on Feb 10, 2022

It is argued that the annual extinction of many languages is not a problem because having just a few languages leads to a more convenient life. It is disagreed that the convenience of using just a few key languages makes the dying out of less spoken dialects acceptable. This essay will first discuss the importance of language to culture and secondly the fact that learning a few common languages is unrealistic, followed by a reasoned conclusion.

A language is not just a group of spoken words but the key to someone’s culture. Language has evolved over thousands of years to reflect what it means to be from a particular place. For example, the Irish language has one of the widest vocabularies in the world and reflects their tradition of storytelling. Despite this, English has become the first language of the Irish, as many feel it makes it easier to communicate with the world.

By speaking just a couple of languages, such as English and Chinese, you alienate billions of people throughout the world. English may be common, but it is not the ‘lingua franca’ many people think it is and it would take generations for everyone to learn it. Countries like Korea and Vietnam have been trying to adopt English as a second language for a long time, but most of their people still can’t fully grasp it. However, English has been the language of business for a long time and it should be encouraged to help a country become more economically competitive.

To conclude, commonly spoken languages may make life more straightforward, but this should not be at the expense of less prevalent languages, in order to avoid the erosion of culture and the alienation of many countries.

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Janice Thompson

Janice Thompson

Posted on Feb 10, 2022

Band score: 5.5
Avoid using second person.
Since this is an opinion essay you are supposed to pick a side and support it in both paragraphs.
Task achievement: Both your body paragraphs must support your opinion. Discussing the importance of language to culture is
unnecessary and not relevant to the question asked.

June

Posted on Nov 2, 2021

There’s a huge variance of languages on our earth. But due to globalisation some of them become extinct every year. Can this reduction to a decreasing number of different languages bring any disadvantages to our global society?
While I can understand that some people argue that fewer languages will make communication among different cultures easier, there are some critical elements to consider.
Firstly, language is deeply connected to culture. Regional rituals and behaviours are often supported by the language that’s spoken. With the language abating the culture will fade away, too. Thus, people might struggle more with their identity and how to connect to their and their ancestors’ roots, which may lead to personal crisis and psychological problems.
Secondly, a number of languages have created words for things, emotions or situations that do not exist in other languages (e.g. the German word “Ohrwurm”, that means a melody which is stuck in someone’s head). With wiping languages out, these words may get lost forever, while with keeping a variety of languages, even the huge world languages like English or Spanish can learn from the others and incorporate foreign words.
On the contrary, a smaller number of languages might lead to a better understanding between nations and different cultures. If all people spoke the same tongue, there would be fewer misunderstandings and maybe more compassion and a greater solidarity between countries, too. So this could be a way to a more peaceful world society.
To conclude, I would like to point out, that I can see some advantages in reducing the languages spoken in the world to a minimum, because it can make life easier and could even be the key to world peace, but for me personally the disadvantages are more sincere because the diversity of cultures, origins, and personal stories is what makes us human and what makes people grow through learning from each other.

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Janice Thompson

Janice Thompson

Posted on Nov 5, 2021

Band score: 5.5

Be careful when using pronouns like “which” and “that”.
Use “C2” vocabulary

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