Álvaro Torres Vicente

DISCUSSION ESSAY

We live in a world that due to the internet and advances in technology is becoming more globalized, therefore, speaking more than one language is very useful. It only brings advantages the fact of being bilingual?

The main benefit of being bilingual is being able to communicate with people from another country and translating information from one language to another. Speaking English is really useful for me when  traveling and  even when searching for information to do a school work.

Another positive point is that it rises the chances of getting a job, especially in multinational companies that look for people who talk a popular foreign language apart from their own.

On the other hand, to be bilingual you have to dedicate many hours to learn another language, as in my case, studying English at school and going to an academy in my spare time. Moreover, when you know more than one similar language is easy to confuse how to write some words as it happens with Catalan and Spanish.

Summarising, from my point of view the disadvantages of being bilingual are insignificant next to all the advantages that it brings, hence I think it is something essential for today's modern society.

Discussion essay

It is known that we are way more connected with people all around the globe nowadays than we were fifteen years ago, being able to talk instantly with anyone, anywhere. That has brought our society to a change, being obliegated to adapt to other cultures and languages. It is common to know people that are bilingual but, is this an advantatge or a disadvantage? 

On the one hand, knowing more than just your mother tongue it's very usefull, allowing you to comunicate with people from other countries or to stay informed about news from all the world and from more sources, In my case, eventhough my native language is Catalan, being able to understand and speak English has been hugely helpful and now I mostly consume English content. 

On the other hand, speaking more than one language could eventually lead to mistakes while speaking due to the fact that you are influenced by your other languages. Also, according to some people, globalization is only boosting a few languages, like english and chinese, and therefore less uesd languages could disappear. 

From my point of view, knowing more than one language is nothing but an advantage, it allows you to comunicate with a lot more people and improves your possibilities of having a higher qualified job. Nevertheless, little-used languages should be protected in order to mantain diversity within the unit. 

Opinion essay

It is generaly agreed that internet makes our social life poorer. However, some people thinks that internet can help people to stay in contact or make better our social life.

It is clear that internet has made people able to stay in contact without considering the distance between them. For example people can use video-calls to see each other like if they were together.

Furthermore, I personally think that as a consequence of the facilities to contact with other people, internet makes easier to know new people. For example, there are social networks like twitter or instagram which let people to see profiles of other people and contact them using messages.

All in all, a French writer said that the best things that people have made are all things that bring people together. I think that this statement is really true and it seems to me that internet is one of this things. This not let people to be together physically, but it's faster and cheaper than travelling.