TOEFL essay: People learn in different ways. Some people learn by doing things; other people learn by reading about things; others learn by listening to people talk about things. Which of these methods of learning is best? Use specific examples..

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TOEFL essay: People learn in different ways. Some people learn by doing things; other people learn by reading about things; others learn by listening to people talk about things. Which of these methods of learning is best? Use specific examples..

Learning is a process that starts the moment people came into the world and ends when they die. There are different ways of achieving important knowledge, depending on each stage of life. In my opinion, the most efficient way of learning is by reading about things, because many times only documented researches are able to provide realistic information. I will explain my statement in the following essay.

First and foremost, some fields of interest can be studied only from printed materials such as books, magazines, newspapers, researches, reports. Furthermore, individuals go to University, because this is the ideal place where people enrich their knowledge and broaden their horizons. For instance, professors teach about management, psychology, mathematics and so forth, and whenever students are not able to understand some principle, professors provide explanations in detail. Moreover, professors recommend students books which are essential for their self-development. In fact, some printed materials are not available to the large public because they are antique and they are stored in big libraries. However, some Universities allow proficient students to study them, and therefore they have the opportunity to read unique books and acquire rare cognition.

Second, people are interested in domains that influence life from other points of view. Since students cannot study infinite classes during college, they have to gain knowledge by investigating the matter by themselves. Fortunately, printed materials cover all the possible domains in the word. These might refer to religion, culture, sexuality, habits and other social behaviors which people may encounter in daily life. It is of paramount importance for each individual to learn about issues which are considered sensitive or less common because it will help them in establishing prolific and positive relationships. Not to mention that having a solid base about cultural habits, might avoid awkward situations. For instance, Indians are not eating cows, and an individual who is not aware of this cultural distinction is more prone to make a mistake and invite an Indian to a barbeque. The latter one might feel insulted, and as a consequence, this can ruin their relationship.

To summarize, reading about things is certainly one of the best methods of learning. This is due to the fact that books provide significant information about many topics and domains of interests.

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Average: 8.6 (1 vote)
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, furthermore, however, if, may, moreover, second, so, therefore, for instance, in fact, such as, in my opinion

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 15.1003584229 126% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 9.8082437276 92% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 13.8261648746 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.0286738351 91% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 43.0788530466 60% => OK
Preposition: 48.0 52.1666666667 92% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 8.0752688172 161% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2082.0 1977.66487455 105% => OK
No of words: 378.0 407.700716846 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.50793650794 4.8611393121 113% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.40933352052 4.48103885553 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95481210706 2.67179642975 111% => OK
Unique words: 226.0 212.727598566 106% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.597883597884 0.524837075471 114% => OK
syllable_count: 652.5 618.680645161 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.51630824373 112% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 9.59856630824 63% => OK
Article: 2.0 3.08781362007 65% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.86738351254 214% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.94265232975 81% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.6003584229 97% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.1344086022 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.9154105578 48.9658058833 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.1 100.406767564 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.9 20.6045352989 92% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.8 5.45110844103 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.5376344086 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 11.8709677419 93% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.85842293907 104% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.88709677419 102% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.232871299722 0.236089414692 99% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.057855840905 0.076458572812 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0605396684609 0.0737576698707 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.137702968023 0.150856017488 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0661008864065 0.0645574589148 102% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 11.7677419355 119% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 58.1214874552 77% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 10.1575268817 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.68 10.9000537634 135% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.04 8.01818996416 113% => OK
difficult_words: 108.0 86.8835125448 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.002688172 80% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.0537634409 92% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:

para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: conclusion.

So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:

reasons == advantages or

reasons == disadvantages

for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.

or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.


Rates: 86.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.0 Out of 30
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