Summarise the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubts on specific points made in the reading passage.
According to the reading passage, some theories were stated to indicate that zebra mussel invasion poses the serious threat to fresh water fish population in all North America, while in the listening section, lecturer argued that there are some ways to control the mussel population, and also it is not a serious threats for fresh water fish.
In the reading passage, author mentioned some reasons to show that zebra mussel's invasion in North America is dangerous for fresh water fish populations. First, zebra mussel's spread suggest that the invasion might be unstoppable, because they are carried by ships from Europe. Second, once they are carried to a new habitat, they can dominate it, because they have high rate of reproduction. Finally, zebra mussels are likely to cause decline in the overall fish population in habitat where they become dominant.
However, in the listening section, speaker pointed out some competing theories, which contradicts to passage's arguments, and he stated some controversial ideas. First, ships comes from Europe empty out ballast water in north america, which helps zebra mussel to survive and reproduce in north america, so he claimed that they can take salt water rather than fresh water for their cargo balance, because salt water kills mussels. second, if local birds notice that there are new food in the North america, they decide to migrate in order to eat those zebra mussels, which helps control the mussel population. Finally, even if mussels become dominant, it has some positive advantages for fish in the fresh water such as mussels generate nutrients for bottom eating fish.
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- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement In the past young people depended too much on their parents to make decisions for them Today young people are better able to make decisions about their own lives Use specific reasons and examples to su 70
- TPO 46 integrated writing skill 70
- Do you agree or disagree In the past it was easier to identify what type of career or job would lead to secure successful future Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 73
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 314, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'threat'?
Suggestion: threat
...opulation, and also it is not a serious threats for fresh water fish. In the reading p...
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Line 2, column 284, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...re carried by ships from Europe. Second, once they are carried to a new habitat, ...
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Line 2, column 485, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...n the overall fish population in habitat where they become dominant. However, in...
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Line 3, column 102, Rule ID: TO_NON_BASE[1]
Message: The verb after "to" should be in the base form: 'passage'.
Suggestion: passage
...ompeting theories, which contradicts to passages arguments, and he stated some controver...
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Line 3, column 429, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Second
...ance, because salt water kills mussels. second, if local birds notice that there are ...
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Line 3, column 463, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...sels. second, if local birds notice that there are new food in the North america,...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, however, if, second, so, while, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 30.3222958057 96% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1366.0 1373.03311258 99% => OK
No of words: 263.0 270.72406181 97% => OK
Chars per words: 5.19391634981 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.02706775958 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.39819383911 2.5805825403 93% => OK
Unique words: 140.0 145.348785872 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.532319391635 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 430.2 419.366225166 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 0.0 8.23620309051 0% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 1.25165562914 479% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 13.0662251656 69% => 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: 29.0 21.2450331126 137% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 71.8121692634 49.2860985944 146% => OK
Chars per sentence: 151.777777778 110.228320801 138% => OK
Words per sentence: 29.2222222222 21.698381199 135% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.77777777778 7.06452816374 96% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.09492273731 73% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0743675305638 0.272083759551 27% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0398678682614 0.0996497079465 40% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0275836553072 0.0662205650399 42% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0548262934539 0.162205337803 34% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0227224629926 0.0443174109184 51% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.6 13.3589403974 132% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.04 53.8541721854 78% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 11.0289183223 132% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.41 12.2367328918 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.98 8.42419426049 107% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 63.6247240618 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 19.0 10.7273730684 177% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.6 10.498013245 130% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Minimum four paragraphs wanted. The correct pattern:
para 1: introduction
para 2: doubt 1
para 3: doubt 2
para 4: doubt 3
Less contents wanted from the reading passages(25%), more content wanted from the lecture (75%).
Don't need a conclusion paragraph.
Read sample essays from ETS:
http://www.testbig.com/users/toeflwritingmaster
It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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