Q14. Universities and colleges are now offering qualifications through distance learning from the Internet rather than teachers in the classroom. Do you think the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?
Recently, the issue of tertiary education on the Internet has become the subject of heated debate. Some people assert that although there are some advantages to earning a degree by receiving remote education, these are exceeded by the disadvantages, while others argue otherwise. Personally, I wholeheartedly agree with the former stance. In the following essay, both views will be discussed before a conclusion is reached with my opinion.
On the one hand, those who claim that university and college students can benefit a great deal from receiving distance learning do so for several reasons. Proponents of this argument insist that the introduction of remote education has revolutionised the way students take lectures regardless of time and place with greater ease considering that having access to the Internet is the sole requirement. In addition, students are able to save time since they do not need to travel to and from school. In fact, commuting to and from school deprives students of a huge amount of time that would otherwise be spent on dedication to their studies.
My opinion, however, is that the drawbacks of gaining bachelor's or master's degrees on the Internet is more significant. Perhaps the principal disadvantage is that students often have difficulty having a tight grasp of their majors given that online classes often prevent students from receiving instant feedback and advice from their professors. To be more specific, a multitude of students are more likely to struggle to revise for their exams, which can even exert a detrimental influence on their academic performance. Furthermore, to provide a hypothetical example, if it were not for face-to-face lectures for students, it would be nearly impossible for them to build strong relationships with their colleagues as well as senior students who helps them to develop interpersonal skills. To be more specific, mingling with others at university enables students not only to feel a sens of belonging but also strengthen their bonds. In light of the above, I find these more persuasive.
In conclusion, it is undeniable that there are a variety of opinions about this topic. However, after considering this matter in a careful manner, I fully support the view that the drawbacks of earning university or college degrees through remote education surpass the benefits for the reasons discussed above.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: to do
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, however, if, so, then, well, while, in addition, in conclusion, in fact, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 13.1623246493 129% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 7.30460921844 178% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 24.0651302605 141% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 63.0 41.998997996 150% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 8.3376753507 144% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2011.0 1615.20841683 125% => OK
No of words: 380.0 315.596192385 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.29210526316 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.41515443553 4.20363070211 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93222023601 2.80592935109 105% => OK
Unique words: 214.0 176.041082164 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.563157894737 0.561755894193 100% => OK
syllable_count: 641.7 506.74238477 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 5.43587174349 147% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 10.0 4.76152304609 210% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.2975951904 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 64.581071869 49.4020404114 131% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.6875 106.682146367 118% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.75 20.7667163134 114% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.6875 7.06120827912 95% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.01903807615 40% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.12409400008 0.244688304435 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0390289799728 0.084324248473 46% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0401585040287 0.0667982634062 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0779290290062 0.151304729494 52% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0414123613745 0.056905535591 73% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.4 13.0946893788 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.67 50.2224549098 79% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.3001002004 119% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.7 12.4159519038 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.18 8.58950901804 107% => OK
difficult_words: 106.0 78.4519038076 135% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 9.78957915832 87% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.1190380762 111% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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