It is quite often that when attending a class or a meeting, we may find that what the speaker states is inaccurate or with some errors. We would struggle on whether to point out the mistakes immediately, or simply keep mute. From my perspective, I would choose to talk to the speaker after the class or meeting.
The reason why I am not willing to point out the inaccuracy during the class or meeting is that the speaker may feel embarrassed when being interrupted. Also, the sudden interruption might cause unexpected disorder and unnecessary discussions, which would impede the normal progress of the class or meeting. Once I was in a biology class, and all the students were carefully listening to the professor. When we came to analyze a new creature, the professor defined it as a reptile, which is actually a mammal. Whit no hesitation, I pointed out the mistake made by the professor. It turned out that the professor felt so embarrassed when being challenged in front of many people. It seems that a more euphemistic and roundabout way might be a better choice.
In addition, saying nothing is no better than indicating the mistake immediately. It is very likely that other people in the class or meeting might be misled by unrecognized mistakes, leading to undesirable consequences. For instance, in a budget meeting, my cousin found out that there were some minor mistakes for the calculation of the fixed costs, but he did not point out it. And his silence caused huge lost for the whole project because miscalculated fixed costs led the whole team to set an inappropriate initial price. Obviously, keeping silence is not a better choice.
Admittedly, saying nothing seems to be the most plausible choice: it brings no embarrassment; it does not require you to conduct discussion with the speaker. However, as what have been mentioned above, many undesirable consequences would be caused due to that kind of silence. Also, by pointing out the mistakes to the speaker afterwards, both you and the speaker can benefit through deep discussion and broadened view about issue. In general, pointing out the mistakes afterwards is a better choice.
Above these reasons I have listed, I think strongly that it is wise to have a talk about the mistakes made in the class or the meeting with the teacher or leader in person afterwards.
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- TPO-43 - Independent Writing Task Imagine that you are in a classroom or a meeting. The teacher or the meeting leader says something incorrect In your opinion, which of the following is the best thing to do?-Interrupt and correct the mistake right away-Wa 70
- TPO-43 - Independent Writing Task Imagine that you are in a classroom or a meeting. The teacher or the meeting leader says something incorrect In your opinion, which of the following is the best thing to do?-Interrupt and correct the mistake right away-Wa 60
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, however, may, so, for instance, i think, in addition, in general, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 15.1003584229 126% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 9.8082437276 102% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 13.8261648746 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.0286738351 136% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 43.0788530466 79% => OK
Preposition: 47.0 52.1666666667 90% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.0752688172 111% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1956.0 1977.66487455 99% => OK
No of words: 397.0 407.700716846 97% => OK
Chars per words: 4.92695214106 4.8611393121 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.46372701284 4.48103885553 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84483364029 2.67179642975 106% => OK
Unique words: 206.0 212.727598566 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.518891687657 0.524837075471 99% => OK
syllable_count: 605.7 618.680645161 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 9.59856630824 115% => OK
Article: 3.0 3.08781362007 97% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.51792114695 57% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.86738351254 214% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.94265232975 121% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.6003584229 97% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.1344086022 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.5609837464 48.9658058833 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.8 100.406767564 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.85 20.6045352989 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.7 5.45110844103 86% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.5376344086 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 11.8709677419 42% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 12.0 3.85842293907 311% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.88709677419 61% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.096033651059 0.236089414692 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0301870167223 0.076458572812 39% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.025867657468 0.0737576698707 35% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0596123621413 0.150856017488 40% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0152454689117 0.0645574589148 24% => 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: 11.7 11.7677419355 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 58.1214874552 104% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 10.1575268817 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.31 10.9000537634 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.0 8.01818996416 100% => OK
difficult_words: 86.0 86.8835125448 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.002688172 115% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.0537634409 95% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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