Question

Read the transcription of the debate below and do the activities that follow:

There has been a debate competition in Gaurishankar Higher Secondary School. Amrit Timilsina is the Master of Ceremonies (MC). Karma and Kabita are the speakers in the final round of the debate.

For the motion: Using a single language is better than multiple languages

Mr. Chairperson, respected teachers, and friends !

My name is Karma and I would like to thank Mr. Timilsina for giving me an opportunity to express my opinion on the burning issue 'the fewer the languages there are, the easier the life will be' . Every year, several languages die out. Some people think that life will be easier if there are fewer languages in the world. I support this view.

As we know, the development of recent technology has a significant role to create a global village. People from any part of the world can communicate easily through the Internet. Due to the international importance of the English language, most people are reluctant to use their first language and are learning English. This shows that people prefer learning the language that helps them to communicate in the global village to their own language.

Mr. Chairperson, using the same language would certainly aid understanding and global fraternity. People can communicate with one another without any problems. It unites all the people as global citizens. If everyone speaks the same language, there will be a clear understanding between not only countries but also people throughout the world. It would promote learning, the flow of information and ideas. For example, students don't have to translate the text into their mother tongue to understand.

Ladies and gentlemen, economic growth is also possible by using a single language as it can minimise various costs such as the cost of communication, translation, interpretation, etc. We won't need interpreters in international conferences, seminars and workshops. Participation can easily express whatever they like in the language of common understanding. Thus, it can minimise the communication barriers and help international business, resulting in a healthier world economy.

Not only this, if a language is intelligible for all, members of security forces can easily investigate and understand national and international criminal plans. It may help in solving international and intercultural security problems too. To conclude, I strongly claim that using a single language as a lingua franca strengthens our fraternity, intergrity, security and global understanding, in addition to helping international business and economy .

Thank you.

C. Aswer the following questions.

Why is the speaker thankful to Mr. Timilsina?​

Answer 1

because they helped to speaker