Watching TV is an effective way of educating children. Children should be encouraged to watch
TV regularly at home and at school. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this?
There are different opinions in regard to the question of whether television is an important facilitator in the
learning process. It is widely believed that educational TV programs are eminently beneficial for youths. This
essay will put forward the notion that watching television is not the best way for children to learn about various
subjects. An analysis of the usefulness of information shown on TV,
as well as of the temptation to be distracted from watching fascinating telecasts, will prove the
above-stated position.
The main reason why adults should not rely on TV in molding their children’s knowledge is that the mass media
aims to broadcast entertaining shows rather than educational programs. Consequently, even scientific telecasts
can be made more exciting and engaging for adolescents by distorting true facts. Moreover, some commercial
adverts mimic such shows. As a result, youths may be led to believe misleading information.
Another reason why television has a minor bearing on educating young boys and girls is that they can easily be
distracted from learning. This is because a diversity of TV channels is available nowadays and children can
switch between them at any time; it is certainly true that cartoons and movies are more interesting for youths
than educational shows. For example, I can vividly remember that I used to switch away from tedious programs
when my parents were not paying attention to the TV screen.
In conclusion, I completely disagree that television is a useful educational tool since the majority of TV
programs does not aim to teach about anything and due to the fact that many adolescents prefer to watch
entertaining telecasts. After analyzing the subject, it has become quite evident that parents should choose
alternative ways to teach their children.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: whether; the question whether
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Suggestion: Learning
...n is an important facilitator in the learning process. It is widely believed that edu...
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Message: This verb is used with the infinitive: 'to process'
Suggestion: to process
...mportant facilitator in the learning process. It is widely believed that educational...
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Suggestion: Subjects
... for children to learn about various subjects. An analysis of the usefulness of infor...
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Suggestion: Above-stated
...ascinating telecasts, will prove the above-stated position. The main reason why adul...
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Suggestion: Aims
...s;s knowledge is that the mass media aims to broadcast entertaining shows rather ...
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Suggestion: Can
...sequently, even scientific telecasts can be made more exciting and engaging for ...
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Suggestion: Adverts
...rue facts. Moreover, some commercial adverts mimic such shows. As a result, youths m...
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Suggestion: Distracted
...and girls is that they can easily be distracted from learning. This is because a divers...
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Suggestion: Than
...vies are more interesting for youths than educational shows. For example, I can v...
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Suggestion: Then
...vies are more interesting for youths than educational shows. For example, I can v...
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...vies are more interesting for youths than educational shows. For example, I can v...
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Suggestion: When
...to switch away from tedious programs when my parents were not paying attention to...
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...to switch away from tedious programs when my parents were not paying attention to...
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Suggestion: Entertaining
...hat many adolescents prefer to watch entertaining telecasts. After analyzing the subject,...
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Suggestion: Alternative
...e evident that parents should choose alternative ways to teach their children.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
consequently, if, may, moreover, so, well, for example, in conclusion, as a result, as well as, in regard to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 13.1623246493 129% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 10.4138276553 48% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 24.0651302605 91% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 41.998997996 81% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1613.0 1615.20841683 100% => OK
No of words: 282.0 315.596192385 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.71985815603 5.12529762239 112% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09790868904 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.46092932449 2.80592935109 123% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 176.041082164 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.620567375887 0.561755894193 110% => OK
syllable_count: 467.1 506.74238477 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Interrogative: 1.0 0.384769539078 260% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.10420841683 238% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 53.9751202821 49.4020404114 109% => OK
Chars per sentence: 124.076923077 106.682146367 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.6923076923 20.7667163134 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.30769230769 7.06120827912 118% => OK
Paragraphs: 19.0 4.38176352705 434% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 16.0 5.01903807615 319% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.4128256513 147% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.224525654861 0.244688304435 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0701444512337 0.084324248473 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0459791968246 0.0667982634062 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0611542556951 0.151304729494 40% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.040459736563 0.056905535591 71% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.4 13.0946893788 125% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 50.2224549098 83% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.9 12.4159519038 128% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.99 8.58950901804 105% => OK
difficult_words: 77.0 78.4519038076 98% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 9.78957915832 128% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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