Some students like classes where teachers lecture (do all of the talking) in class. Other students prefer classes where the students do some of the talking. Which type of class do you prefer? Give specific reasons and details to support your choice.

Essay topics:

Some students like classes where teachers lecture (do all of the talking) in class. Other students prefer classes where the students do some of the talking. Which type of class do you prefer? Give specific reasons and details to support your choice.

There basically two types of classes in universities, classes where teachers lecture and that where the students do some of the talking. Both teaching and learning approaches are valuable and have relative merits.

Classes that are dominated by teachers’ lectures may benefits students in several ways. First of all, lectures can communicate the intrinsic interest of the subject matter. The speaker can convey personal enthusiasm in a way that no book or other media can. Enthusiasm stimulates interest, and interested, stimulated people tend to learn more. Moreover, lectures in university sett...

*** The full content of this essay is available to VIP readers

Subscribe as testbig VIP readers and get unlimited access to essays on the top list.

Votes
Average: 9 (3 votes)
Essay Categories

Comments

flaws:
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.267 0.35

Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 5.5 out of 6
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 24 15
No. of Words: 420 350
No. of Characters: 2199 1500
No. of Different Words: 232 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.527 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.236 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.808 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 177 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 141 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 109 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 52 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 17.5 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.822 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.542 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.267 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.432 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.044 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5