“Facebook dominates the free-time for too many people, especially children. It can have negative effects on their study and physical development”. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Write an essay to express your opinion
It is widely acknowledged that digital technology has profound effects on our lives and one of the latest advances in technology is development of Facebook, which allow users to live in virtual community. While a school of thoughts holds that Facebook may bring about detrimental impacts, especially on students’ study performance and physical health, I am of the opinion that students could take advantage of using this platform.
On the one hand, some people believe that Facebook has bad influence on the young and justifiably so. The key rational is that Facebook may distract students from their studies due to the attraction of several activities offered. Many youngsters indulge themselves spending a large amount of times using Facebook in lieu of focusing on their work, which lead to a decrease in productivity and academic performance. Another noteworthy point is that many of activities that youngsters engage in with Facebook are sedentary, which in turn can prevent them from involving in outdoor activities, thereby lead to several health issues such as obesity or poor vision. A study in Europe has reported a 40% decrease in obesity in youngsters whose screen-time is limited by parents than those without limitation.
Instead of the aforementioned disadvantages, I would argue that Facebook benefits students in various way. Foremost is that Facebook could be used for educational purposes, including collaboration, discussion and to obtain extra help as it is proved to be a broad platform with members from around the world. Students with similar interest can form a group and learn from each other without any obstacles which may tremendously help them understand the matter thoroughly, hence enhancing their study performance. Moreover, students could take advantage of using Facebook as it provides a wide range of information and study resources such as chatroom or studying pages. Before the introduction of social media like Facebook, most students relied mainly on TV broadcasts, newspapers or radio to update essential knowledge. On the other hand, with the support of advance technology, youngsters could get access to learning materials just by a click or a keyword.
In conclusion, although Facebook can pose a threat to students’ studies and holistic health, I maintain that they can take advantages from using it such as gaining knowledge easier or improve their learning outcomes. It is advisable that students should be allowed to use Facebook in their study under parents supervision to mitigate its drawbacks.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
hence, if, may, moreover, so, while, in conclusion, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 7.85571142285 165% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 10.4138276553 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 7.30460921844 219% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 32.0 24.0651302605 133% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 63.0 41.998997996 150% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 8.3376753507 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2155.0 1615.20841683 133% => OK
No of words: 401.0 315.596192385 127% => OK
Chars per words: 5.37406483791 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.47492842339 4.20363070211 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.97022451888 2.80592935109 106% => OK
Unique words: 224.0 176.041082164 127% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.558603491272 0.561755894193 99% => OK
syllable_count: 665.1 506.74238477 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 20.2975951904 128% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 44.1283985156 49.4020404114 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 143.666666667 106.682146367 135% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.7333333333 20.7667163134 129% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.2 7.06120827912 74% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => 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: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.188621441847 0.244688304435 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0648931806401 0.084324248473 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0257317980609 0.0667982634062 39% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.120415927904 0.151304729494 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0132490060422 0.056905535591 23% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.2 13.0946893788 131% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 36.63 50.2224549098 73% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 11.3001002004 129% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.16 12.4159519038 114% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.77 8.58950901804 114% => OK
difficult_words: 123.0 78.4519038076 157% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 9.78957915832 148% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.1190380762 123% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 10.7795591182 139% => 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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