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IELTS Essay: Some believe that we should invent a new language for international communica...

Prompt

Some believe that we should invent a new language for international communication. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

#artificial_language#international_communication#English_dominance#linguistic_diversity#practical_barriers

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 addresses practical barriers to implementation; Band 9 recognizes that language choice is fundamentally a question of power and that 'neutral' languages inevitably advantage some speakers.

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Key concepts in this essay

Language as identity and power
Network effects and coordination problems
Linguistic diversity vs functional unity
Colonial legacies in language politics

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Overlooking that language is tied to identity and culture, not merely a neutral communication tool
Ignoring the massive coordination problem of getting the world to adopt a new language
Failing to consider that existing languages (especially English) already serve this function

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