High stakes English language tests, such as IELTS, are increasingly being delivered on the computer.Do the advantages of computer-based testing outweigh the disadvantages?Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience?
People from around the world take English language tests, such as the IELTS, in order to migrate, enter universities or attain employment. As computer technology improves, including algorithms that mark speaking and writing, the testing is shifting away from human examiners and onto computers. This essay will discuss both the advantages and disadvantages of this trend and show that, indeed, computer-based testing is superior to traditional paper-based testing.
There are a number of important advantages that computer delivered tests possess. The first is that the computer algorithms uses to assess candidates will continue to improve over time, becoming ever more refined. As the computer collects thousands - if not millions - of candidate responses, it will use these data to improve itself and it eventually supersedes human examiners in the way it awards marks. Second, candidates will be able to prepare online. This will makes their lives much easier as online test preparation is arguably more efficient, effective, convenient and cost-effective. Clearly, language tests delivered via a computer will be extremely advantageous.
Despite the benefits, there are some drawbacks associated with the shift away from traditional testing. The main issue is that language examiners will lose their jobs. There are many thousands of people currently employed by testing organisations who will have to find work elsewhere as algorithms begin to replace them. In addition, computer-based language tests will take some time to develop and there will no doubt be some issues as they mature. Being able to test candidate's spoken English is especially complex and will take time to perfect. Overall, though, these two drawbacks pale in comparison to the benefits.
This essay discussed the ways in which computer-based testing will affect those involved. In my opinion, although there are disadvantages associated with the move to computer-based testing, the advantages clearly outweigh them.
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@vinod7
@vinod7
You have copied the essay, word for word, from an E2 IELTS video (link below). But the joke's on you because the e-grader still gave you only a 6.5 for "your" essay. Way to go, plagiarizer.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, if, second, so, in addition, no doubt, such as, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 13.1623246493 106% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 7.85571142285 153% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 10.4138276553 86% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 24.0651302605 91% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 41.998997996 79% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.3376753507 36% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1705.0 1615.20841683 106% => OK
No of words: 302.0 315.596192385 96% => OK
Chars per words: 5.64569536424 5.12529762239 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.1687104957 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.99740011709 2.80592935109 107% => OK
Unique words: 172.0 176.041082164 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.569536423841 0.561755894193 101% => OK
syllable_count: 534.6 506.74238477 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 16.0721442886 106% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 20.2975951904 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.9220674636 49.4020404114 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.294117647 106.682146367 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.7647058824 20.7667163134 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.0 7.06120827912 57% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 5.01903807615 139% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 8.67935871743 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.20977702693 0.244688304435 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0770714253961 0.084324248473 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0563764637299 0.0667982634062 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.147562029997 0.151304729494 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0483127409748 0.056905535591 85% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.1 13.0946893788 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.3 50.2224549098 74% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.3001002004 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.19 12.4159519038 122% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.92 8.58950901804 104% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 78.4519038076 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.1190380762 87% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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