Universities and colleges are now offering qualifications through distance learning from the Internet rather than teachers in the classroom. Do you think the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?
Students nowadays are allowed to earn their certificates or degrees through online learning without being required to attend traditional classes. While distance learning has some weaknesses, I believe it provides more benefits than drawbacks.
Opponents of getting qualifications through distance study are of the opinion that these qualifications gained are less credible than those gained from traditional classes, as students who studied online may lack the opportunities to promote vocational skills. In traditional classes, students can play a role in team sports, collaborate on group projects and share thoughts and exchange opinions, through which (they) develop various skills, consequently making their qualifications more persuasive to employers. However, opponents argue that such opportunities for cultivating cooperative skills and enhancing abilities to understand the common languages of teamwork are missed out upon in online courses, thus making students relatively less competitive in job markets. However, in my opinion, the qualifications, despite the way they are obtained, would still prove to employers that the candidates are equipped with the knowledge they are seeking.
On the other hand/conversely, the benefits of providing qualifications online are more obvious and worth mentioning. Firstly, thanks to the widespread availability of internet, distance study makes the learning process accessible to almost everyone. Students living in remote areas do not need to commute to schools to study. Part-time learners are able to further their studies after work. So online learning provides an opportunity for everyone to pursue their dreams and interests. With higher educational qualifications, graduates are more likely to find better jobs, earn higher salaries, and contribute positively to society. Secondly, online qualifications make acquiring knowledge more affordable. Universities and colleges can refrain from building more classrooms and employing more lecturers to accommodate and teach the increasing number of students, while learners can save money from commuting as well as renting a houses. Therefore, offering qualifications online creates a win-win situation for the alleviation of financial burdens for both schools and students.
To conclude, while some small concerns are linked to get (getting)qualifications online, in my opinion, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, consequently, conversely, first, firstly, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, still, therefore, thus, well, while, as well as, in my opinion, 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: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 10.4138276553 106% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 7.30460921844 68% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 16.0 24.0651302605 66% => OK
Preposition: 47.0 41.998997996 112% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2095.0 1615.20841683 130% => OK
No of words: 344.0 315.596192385 109% => OK
Chars per words: 6.09011627907 5.12529762239 119% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.30665032142 4.20363070211 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.2688226413 2.80592935109 116% => OK
Unique words: 210.0 176.041082164 119% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.610465116279 0.561755894193 109% => OK
syllable_count: 647.1 506.74238477 128% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.9 1.60771543086 118% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 5.43587174349 18% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.76152304609 168% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 65.0674829984 49.4020404114 132% => OK
Chars per sentence: 130.9375 106.682146367 123% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.5 20.7667163134 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.5 7.06120827912 149% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.01903807615 40% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.4128256513 147% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.174411501716 0.244688304435 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0509904307224 0.084324248473 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0402023943079 0.0667982634062 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0976796033189 0.151304729494 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0252947526489 0.056905535591 44% => 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: 18.0 13.0946893788 137% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 24.78 50.2224549098 49% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 11.3001002004 133% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 18.04 12.4159519038 145% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.14 8.58950901804 118% => OK
difficult_words: 119.0 78.4519038076 152% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.5 9.78957915832 158% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 18.0 10.7795591182 167% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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