Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Explain why.Studying vocabulary by memorizing definitions is not helpful for improving spoken communication.

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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Explain why.

Studying vocabulary by memorizing definitions is not helpful for improving spoken communication.

Nowadays you will see that technology specialists, language experts, and language hobbyists alike have been creating many vocabulary applications to help people in word memorization. While some people believe these applications will help people in spoken communication, some others think that studying vocabulary by memorizing definitions are not essential. I strongly agree that memorizing the definitions of words is helpful for improving oral communication.

First, we need to understand that vocabulary is one of the foundations of language. Without knowing words, we are left with gestures as means of communication. Even worse, we won’t be able to communicate things beyond our environment. For example, we won’t be able to discuss abstract things, such as the future, the imagination, and the dreams. With many vocabulary stored inside our brains, we can build proper sentences, tell some stories, and speak our minds. We cannot speak fluently if we don’t have many words inside to tell.

Second, the more vocabulary we know, the richer the way we look at the world. Gathering a lot of vocabulary by memorization enables us to get the nuances of human minds. It enriches the way we think. For example, we commonly use the word hungry to describe our need of food. But we use the word peckish, it captures more meaning and subtlety about someone’s level of hunger. Also, someone can be angry without being furious.

On the other hand, I also understand that memorizing many vocabulary does not always result in good spoken communication. If you do not practice speaking as often as possible, you won’t be able to improve your spoken communication despite the rich vocabulary you have. Good speaking is not guaranteed by large database of vocabulary. But bad speaking is guaranteed by limited vocabulary.

All in all, I still think that even though vocabulary memorization is not enough in improving your oral communication, it is still the basic of speaking in any languages. Without the vocabulary, you will flunk your oral communication.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 362, Rule ID: MANY_NN_U[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun vocabulary seems to be uncountable; consider using: 'much vocabulary', 'a good deal of vocabulary'.
Suggestion: much vocabulary; a good deal of vocabulary
..., the imagination, and the dreams. With many vocabulary stored inside our brains, we can build ...
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'first', 'if', 'look', 'second', 'so', 'still', 'while', 'for example', 'such as', 'on the other hand']

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.213197969543 0.229887763892 93% => OK
Verbs: 0.170050761421 0.158761421928 107% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0989847715736 0.0866891130778 114% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0532994923858 0.046263068375 115% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0786802030457 0.0685040099705 115% => OK
Prepositions: 0.119289340102 0.118717715034 100% => OK
Participles: 0.0380710659898 0.0351676179071 108% => OK
Conjunctions: 3.12004561488 2.67179642975 117% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0203045685279 0.0309702414327 66% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.00188951952338 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.0659898477157 0.0887237588012 74% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0152284263959 0.0209618222197 73% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0 0.0139019557991 0% => Some subClauses wanted starting by 'Which, Who, What, Whom, Whose.....'

Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2084.0 2387.08602151 87% => OK
No of words: 329.0 408.028673835 81% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 6.33434650456 5.86048508987 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.25891501996 4.48200974243 95% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.382978723404 0.338922669872 113% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.300911854103 0.251872472559 119% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.240121580547 0.174417080927 138% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.161094224924 0.112833075102 143% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.12004561488 2.67179642975 117% => OK
Unique words: 174.0 212.727598566 82% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.528875379939 0.524397521467 101% => OK
Word variations: 55.585752691 59.2087087015 94% => OK
How many sentences: 21.0 20.6684587814 102% => OK
Sentence length: 15.6666666667 20.5533526081 76% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.5332012096 48.84282405 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.2380952381 120.699889404 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.6666666667 20.5533526081 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.571428571429 0.644075263715 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.5376344086 110% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.54480286738 18% => OK
Readability: 45.757852077 45.7405998639 100% => OK
Elegance: 1.2268907563 1.45489161554 84% => OK

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.294185884785 0.300154397459 98% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.150494440415 0.103427244359 146% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.101952144203 0.0752933317313 135% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.515319165416 0.497263757937 104% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.136347311198 0.151897553556 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.102762738796 0.114077575197 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0815625988094 0.0781384742642 104% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.262050661257 0.336927656856 78% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.111911184321 0.067059652881 167% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.188227043609 0.210909579961 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0815096446095 0.0618886996521 132% => OK

Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8870967742 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.86379928315 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.91756272401 122% => OK
Positive topic words: 5.0 8.42114695341 59% => OK
Negative topic words: 1.0 2.4623655914 41% => OK
Neutral topic words: 4.0 2.75985663082 145% => OK
Total topic words: 10.0 13.6433691756 73% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

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Rates: 68.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.5 Out of 30
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Note: This is not the final score. The e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.