Many people use distance learning programmes to study at home but some people think that it can not bring the same benefits of attending college or university. To what extend, do you agree or disagree?

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Many people use distance learning programmes to study at home but some people think that it can not bring the same benefits of attending college or university. To what extend, do you agree or disagree?

Recently, it is fairly common for people to study at home because of the development of technology, but some people argued that it can not give students similar advantages of enrollment in tertiary education. This essay agrees with this opinion because online study can not bring the best outcomes for learners and they will not have opportunities to practice essential soft skills which are crucial for their employment in the future.

Interactive learning is the most effective method to obtain knowledge and skills for students. This is because that in-class learning helps learners understand lectures quickly by communicating directly with teachers in classrooms. Besides, they can engage with other peers to discuss learning subjects so they can easily complete assignments and get the results in a shorter period. Students also will have a greater motivation to study in a team than study alone. For example, the University of Guelph reported that students who attend classrooms can finish their degrees at least 2 years faster than online students, and they always achieve higher marks.

Furthermore, online programs can not offer students practical and professional skills that can learn in universities or colleges only. Teamwork, laboratory experiments, debate or presentation skills, and team spirit only can practice if students engage in a specific class at school. This is the biggest disadvantage of e-learning because learners will become less competitive in the job market in the future due to the lack of these important soft skills. A research of the University of Oxford revealed that 60% of undergraduates in distance learning programs can not get jobs in their professionals while this percentage is far less in full-time students.

In conclusion, although online learning can bring some benefits to learners, conventional learning in universities or colleges is still an all-round education for students to achieve the best results and become qualified employees in the future.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, furthermore, if, so, still, while, at least, for example, in conclusion

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 13.1623246493 53% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 7.85571142285 165% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 10.4138276553 106% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 24.0651302605 83% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 41.998997996 98% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1712.0 1615.20841683 106% => OK
No of words: 311.0 315.596192385 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.50482315113 5.12529762239 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.19942759058 4.20363070211 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93011977329 2.80592935109 104% => OK
Unique words: 171.0 176.041082164 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.549839228296 0.561755894193 98% => OK
syllable_count: 515.7 506.74238477 102% => 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: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 4.76152304609 21% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 16.0721442886 75% => 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: 25.0 20.2975951904 123% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 48.6234825527 49.4020404114 98% => OK
Chars per sentence: 142.666666667 106.682146367 134% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.9166666667 20.7667163134 125% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.58333333333 7.06120827912 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.67935871743 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.206736815593 0.244688304435 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.077447102959 0.084324248473 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0536624988732 0.0667982634062 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.134865115708 0.151304729494 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.033623389449 0.056905535591 59% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.4 13.0946893788 133% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.64 50.2224549098 75% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 11.3001002004 126% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.92 12.4159519038 120% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.7 8.58950901804 113% => OK
difficult_words: 95.0 78.4519038076 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 9.78957915832 148% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.1190380762 119% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 10.7795591182 139% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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