Some teachers think that international student exchange would be beneficial for all teenage school students. Do you think that its advantages would outweigh its disadvantages?
It is true that some teachers consider that all their teenage students would benefit from an international student exchange scheme. While such a scheme might not be a valuable experience for every student, I think that for the great majority its advantages would outweigh its disadvantages.
On the one hand, there are a few potential drawbacks if schools organise an international exchange programme for all teenage students. Firstly, there are considerable costs involved and not every family may have the money to spare for travel or other expenses which would be incurred. For example, in the UK single-parent families are quite common, and they usually have to manage on a limited budget. Secondly, some teenagers are relatively shy and immature and may not be ready for the challenge of living with a family overseas. Not every adolescent develops at the same pace in terms of confidence and independence.
On the other hand, there are enormous advantages to be gained, which outweigh the disadvantages. For teenagers studying languages, an international exchange offers the chance to immerse themselves in the language of their host family. They will make much more rapid progress than is possible in the classroom. However, not only language students would benefit. Experiencing a different culture really broadens the horizons of all young people, exposing them to a culture shock that will encourage them to develop critical thinking skills and habits. Sometimes, these students may even form lifelong friendships as a result of such exchanges.
In conclusion, I believe that the vast majority of teenage students would benefit from participation in international exchange programmes, despite some drawbacks in individual cases.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, firstly, however, if, may, really, second, secondly, so, while, for example, i think, in conclusion, as a result, it is true, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 7.85571142285 140% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 10.4138276553 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 18.0 24.0651302605 75% => OK
Preposition: 27.0 41.998997996 64% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 8.3376753507 48% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1477.0 1615.20841683 91% => OK
No of words: 271.0 315.596192385 86% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.45018450185 5.12529762239 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.05734859645 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.99775472775 2.80592935109 107% => OK
Unique words: 158.0 176.041082164 90% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.583025830258 0.561755894193 104% => OK
syllable_count: 472.5 506.74238477 93% => 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: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.2975951904 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.5931155963 49.4020404114 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.5 106.682146367 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.3571428571 20.7667163134 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.7142857143 7.06120827912 152% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.422741260329 0.244688304435 173% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.123473412763 0.084324248473 146% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.106502195221 0.0667982634062 159% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.260498331556 0.151304729494 172% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.133145370001 0.056905535591 234% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 13.0946893788 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 50.2224549098 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.33 12.4159519038 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.12 8.58950901804 106% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 78.4519038076 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.1190380762 95% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => 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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