Some people believe that our ever-increasing use of technology significantly reduces our opportunities for human interaction. Other people believe that technology provides us with new and better ways to communicate and connect with one another.
The world has witnessed an unprecedented technological advancement in the past few decades. This has influenced every aspect of our life including the way we communicate and interact with each other. While addiction to technology can reduce opportunities for human interactions, a judicious use of modern technological means does serve to provide new and better ways to communicate and connect with people worldwide.
Certainly, technology has given new dimensions and scale to communication. No one can deny how the invention of telephone gave opportunity of faster communication to many who, otherwise, were required to wait for days to receive their postal letters. Fast forward to the twentieth century, the advent of internet and allied online platforms have completely revolutionized the ways, speed, affordability and convenience of human communication providing interaction opportunities and avenues to more people than ever. The 2019 report by ‘Facebook’ revealing that almost 2.2 billion people round the globe use its family of applications to communicate and connect with each other is enough to illustrate the augmentation of human interaction. ‘WhatsApp’ and ‘Facebook’ allows multitude to stay connected every single minute, albeit virtually. While LinkedIN provides opportunities of global networking for many who haven’t even travelled outside their country, their recruitments from far-flung areas into NMCs through ‘Skype’ interviews is now a norm.
The rewards of technology expand well beyond personal communication to education also. Virtual classrooms and online courses have given access to underprivileged students from across the globe to avail from stalwarts in academia defying geographical boundaries. While Khan Academy is enlightening school students from Africa, a large chunk of Asian students can benefit from the MIT open course ware.
Apart from virtual communication, technology has increased the inter-personal interaction as well. Advancement in modes of transport has increased global mobility and connections. More and more people are now travelling frequently to explore nations, experience diverse culture and interact with all citizens of the world. Technology further increases the chances of human interaction by providing leisure. For example, previously, assignments meant days of perusal in local libraries and knowledge resource centres for students. However, now all the articles, journals and books can be browsed in a Kindle. The time saved can be utilized by students to engage in social activities thereby allowing more human interaction.
However, addiction of technology, as for any other thing, might reverse its benefits. Adolescents with an obsession of online games like PUBG can hardly recognize people around, let alone interact. Such teenagers would seriously lack in social skills affecting their chances of human interaction for life. Moreover, technology addicts can even spoil the opportunities of personal social connections provided by traditional platforms. Whether it is a sight of a couple glued to their screens in a restaurant or of family members engrossed in their devices in the drawing room, all corroborate this fact. Yet, it is up to the users as to whether they employ technology to enhance or diminish their opportunities of social interactions. For instance, an office colleague has the choice to either walk to a mate’s cubicle to or prefer to send an email to share personal news or a dinner invite.
In conclusion, while addiction and misuse of technology can certainly diminish the opportunities for human interactions, overall technological advancements have paved way to provide novel ways of communication and connections to almost every individual on the planet. Online social networking sites, virtual classrooms, better modes of transport, more leisure, etc., all derivable benefits of technological innovations serve to enhance human interaction.
- It is more harmful to compromise one s own beliefs than to adhere to them 83
- Critical judgment of work in any given field has little value unless it comes from someone who is an expert in that field 79
- The best ideas arise from a passionate interest in commonplace things 93
- Educational institutions should actively encourage their students to choose fields of study that will prepare them for lucrative careers 100
- Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study. 83
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 82, Rule ID: ALSO_SENT_END[1]
Message: 'Also' is not used at the end of the sentence. Use 'as well' instead.
Suggestion: as well
...ond personal communication to education also. Virtual classrooms and online courses ...
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Line 7, column 601, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...s, journals and books can be browsed in a Kindle. The time saved can be utilized by stud...
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Line 9, column 631, Rule ID: WHETHER[6]
Message: Can you shorten this phrase to just 'whether', or rephrase the sentence to avoid "as to"?
Suggestion: whether
...e this fact. Yet, it is up to the users as to whether they employ technology to enhance or di...
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Line 9, column 835, Rule ID: SEND_AN_EMAIL[1]
Message: Consider using 'email'.
Suggestion: email
...alk to a mate’s cubicle to or prefer to send an email to share personal news or a dinner invi...
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Line 9, column 892, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...share personal news or a dinner invite. In conclusion, while addiction and misus...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, if, moreover, so, well, while, apart from, as for, as to, for example, for instance, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 19.5258426966 46% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 21.0 14.8657303371 141% => OK
Relative clauses : 3.0 11.3162921348 27% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 17.0 33.0505617978 51% => OK
Preposition: 92.0 58.6224719101 157% => OK
Nominalization: 26.0 12.9106741573 201% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3391.0 2235.4752809 152% => OK
No of words: 586.0 442.535393258 132% => OK
Chars per words: 5.7866894198 5.05705443957 114% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.92010537223 4.55969084622 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.25825838662 2.79657885939 117% => OK
Unique words: 322.0 215.323595506 150% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.549488054608 0.4932671777 111% => OK
syllable_count: 1070.1 704.065955056 152% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.6590729168 60.3974514979 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 121.107142857 118.986275619 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.9285714286 23.4991977007 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.03571428571 5.21951772744 77% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 10.2758426966 165% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.368557494345 0.243740707755 151% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0927770870677 0.0831039109588 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0890692249155 0.0758088955206 117% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.205825641029 0.150359130593 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.123017579396 0.0667264976115 184% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.3 14.1392134831 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 34.26 48.8420337079 70% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.5 12.1743820225 111% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.3 12.1639044944 134% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.91 8.38706741573 118% => OK
difficult_words: 196.0 100.480337079 195% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 11.8971910112 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.