Question : Summarise the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they case doubt on specific points made in the reading passage.
In an effort to encourage ecologically sustainable forestry practices, an international organization started issuing certifications to wood companies that meet high ecological standards by conserving resources and recycling materials. Companies that receive this certification can attract customers by advertising their products as eco-certified. Around the world, many wood companies have adopted new, ecologically friendly practices in order to receive eco-certification. However, it is unlikely that wood companies in the United States will do the same, for several reasons.
First, American consumers are exposed to so much advertising that they would not value or even pay attention to the eco-certification label. Because so many mediocre products are labeled “new” or “improved”, American consumers do not place much trust in advertising claims in general.
Second, eco-certified wood will be more expensive than uncertified wood because in order to earn eco-certification, a wood company must pay to have its business examined by a certification agency. This additional cost gets passed on to consumers—American consumers tend to be strongly motivated by price, and therefore they are likely to choose cheaper uncertified wood products. Accordingly, American wood companies will prefer to keep their prices low rather than obtain eco-certification.
Third, although some people claim that it always makes good business sense for American companies to keep up with the developments in the rest of the world, this argument is not convincing. Pursuing certification would make sense forAmerican wood companies only if they marketed most of their products abroad. But that is not the case,American wood businesses sell most of their products in the United States, catering to a very large customer base that is satisfied with the merchandise.
The reading and lecture are both about the eco-certification of woods. The reading states the there are three reasons that the American wood companies won't choose eco-certification. However, the professor challenges all the claims made by the author of the reading. He is of the opinion that these explanations are faulty.
First, the reading mentions that the American consumers never paid attention to advertisements of an eco-certified label as they never trust these advertisements. But the professor argues that American consumers are able to distinguish the claims made by each product and the eco-certification label by an individual certification agency. Also, costumers paid a lot of confidence in them. Thus the eco-minded American customers will definitely react favorably to these adds at the international level.
Second, the eco-certified wood will be more expensive because of the additional cost to earn eco-certification from a certification agency. Moreover, consumers will prefer cheaper products as its a common trend in the consumer world. The professor contradicts this by contending that everyone cares a lot about price. He explained that according to studies, a contrast between price among customers occurs only if there is a drastic difference between them. Therefore, a small price difference, like less than 5% for eco-certified wood will not affect the choice of customers. In addition, Americans are well aware of the valve to preserve and protect nature.
Finally, the professor denies the argument that an eco-certification label is only needed for the woods that are sold abroad, not within the USA. He states that the wood companies should pay attention to the wood market internationally not because of foreign customers but because of the international competition of a wood business. The customers that are interested in the eco-certification of woods are surging, the companies should make available stocks of eco-certified woods. If the domestic wood markets are slow in capturing the customers, the international wood companies may pile up in US markets which again decline the value of American wood.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 390, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...umers paid a lot of confidence in them. Thus the eco-minded American customers will ...
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Line 5, column 193, Rule ID: IT_IS[17]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
...nsumers will prefer cheaper products as its a common trend in the consumer world. T...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, may, moreover, second, so, therefore, thus, well, in addition
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 5.01324503311 319% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1821.0 1373.03311258 133% => OK
No of words: 331.0 270.72406181 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.50151057402 5.08290768461 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.26537283232 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.37412871294 2.5805825403 131% => OK
Unique words: 169.0 145.348785872 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.510574018127 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 583.2 419.366225166 139% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.55342163355 116% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 41.2941869583 49.2860985944 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.166666667 110.228320801 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.3888888889 21.698381199 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.61111111111 7.06452816374 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0777142509661 0.272083759551 29% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0271728735734 0.0996497079465 27% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.029423382844 0.0662205650399 44% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0569400066084 0.162205337803 35% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.031561744021 0.0443174109184 71% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.7 13.3589403974 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 36.28 53.8541721854 67% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.0289183223 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.62 12.2367328918 119% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.3 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 79.0 63.6247240618 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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