Persuasive Essay: Stop Trying to be Multi

              Currently, the global world is strongly influenced by multilingualism. Employees are not able to survive in their companies with only one language. Following this trend, there are countries who consider having two official languages. Even though Korea's decision on the two languages may benefit the nation by diversity of languages, it will certainly cause serious problems on communication and finance.

 

             Two official languages can first cause difficulty in communicating among people. A language has its own form and develops variously region by region. The most important value a language has is the delivery of the meaning. People should be able to convey their purpose through languages. If Korea had two languages, there would be thousand forms of dialects that blcoks proper communication. We can clearly see how different languages put distance between citizens by North Korea, as an example. While North and South Korea both use Korean as an official language, the use or the way it sounds differ significantly. South Koreans cannot speak North Korean fluently.

 

               Second, financial problems can also occur from using two official languages. As the choice is made by the government, it should provide effecrive language programs to suit the majority of citizens. To learn a new language takes consdierable time and effort. Schools, companies, public institutions should be able to adopt learning programs, educational materials widely. In other words, the cost for the second official language is expected to raise financial debt for the government to support citizens for something new.

 

               Besides the negative effects mentioned considering this decision, the choice still may floruish the nation through language diversity. Different languages have their own ways of interpreting the world. By using two languages, ctizens would be able to expand the eye for diverse cultural experiences in this global world. Moreover, a language is used to express the nation's history, value, or culture. Considering the triaits of languages, it is important to view two official language policy as a way to help citizens express cultures in two distinct, unique ways.

 

                Even though more and more countries are trying to make citizens a multi player, we should stop trying to be multi at least in languages. The language diversity should not tease the government concealing the serious results such as difficultes in communication between people, and finance. Korea should have one official language, Korean, which still provides citizens with great pride and comfort by its own.