Some people think that you can only learn about the cultures of different places by traveling there Other people think that you can learn just as much about these places from reading books and watching travel documentaries about them Discuss both these vi

Essay topics:

Some people think that you can only learn about the cultures of different places by traveling there. Other people think that you can learn just as much about these places from reading books and watching travel documentaries about them. Discuss both these views and give your opinion.

It is believed by some people that visiting several places helps to gain knowledge of the different cultures. However, others believe that, nowadays, through several print and visual media, people are able to learn a lot about the cultural practices of a region. In my opinion, I consider that people derive tremendous benefits from travelling in person.

On the one hand, people's visits to various countries and cities provide a great deal of first-hand experience, leading to better understanding of the culture of that place, and I agree with this view. In other words, having engaged in conversations with the local people in the local language, savouring local food, exploring cities and archeological sites, provides direct contact and exhaustive knowledge, which a person cannot forget all his life. Moreover, the excitement of experiencing the place with all of your senses cannot be compared with any other medium.

On the other hand, some people have a view that various media outlets enable similar learning of numerous tourist places. Travelling vicariously by reading about it in Travel magazines or watching documentaries on Netflix and series on specialized TV channels for a few hours, provides more insight into the customs and traditions of a country. For instance, it is not feasible for many people to afford exorbitantly priced holiday packages, to explore Europe, therefore, books and TV serials go a long way in giving the idea about the cultural practices, which otherwise would not have been possible for a common man.

To summarize, although people gain a lot of information through reading and watching travel stuff, they greatly benefit by actually going to that place and indulging in activities with the local people, providing an overall exhilarating travel experience.

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Average: 8.4 (1 vote)

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 159, Rule ID: MANY_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun print seems to be countable; consider using: 'several prints'.
Suggestion: several prints
... others believe that, nowadays, through several print and visual media, people are able to le...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, first, however, if, moreover, so, therefore, for instance, in my opinion, in other words, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 5.0 13.1623246493 38% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 7.85571142285 38% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 10.4138276553 106% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 16.0 24.0651302605 66% => OK
Preposition: 45.0 41.998997996 107% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1526.0 1615.20841683 94% => OK
No of words: 286.0 315.596192385 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.33566433566 5.12529762239 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.11236361783 4.20363070211 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80888295649 2.80592935109 100% => OK
Unique words: 178.0 176.041082164 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.622377622378 0.561755894193 111% => OK
syllable_count: 474.3 506.74238477 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.76152304609 147% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 16.0721442886 62% => 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: 28.0 20.2975951904 138% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 65.1978527254 49.4020404114 132% => OK
Chars per sentence: 152.6 106.682146367 143% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.6 20.7667163134 138% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.7 7.06120827912 166% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 3.9879759519 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.27136679376 0.244688304435 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.108339656973 0.084324248473 128% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0431769638579 0.0667982634062 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.164814648535 0.151304729494 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0617590592105 0.056905535591 109% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.0 13.0946893788 137% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 34.6 50.2224549098 69% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.4 11.3001002004 136% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.28 12.4159519038 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.38 8.58950901804 121% => OK
difficult_words: 97.0 78.4519038076 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 9.78957915832 107% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.2 10.1190380762 130% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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