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Language is how we get our opinions across. Language is how we make others understand our ideas. It is essential that other people understand what we are trying to impress upon them. Language can be verbal or non-verbal and one is just as important as the other. Word choice is as important as well. Poor word choice can lead to miscommunication between parties and defeats the purpose of communication. Knowing the level of the audience’s understanding is the most important part of language communication. You would not use collegiate word to covey a point to a toddler, nor would you use spoken words to someone who could not hear them. The role language and language diversity plays in the critical thinking process is to persuade, to inform, or to describe. Language is used to persuade others to think and act the way that we do. It is also used to inform others of needed information, or to describe something to someone else. Language diversity is important because as seen in the......

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