Summarize the main points in the lecture, explaining how they cast doubt on the idea in the passage
In the lecture, the professor mainly talks about the problems with the grading system and organization of US schools inherited from the European ones. The first main problem deals with differences in the readiness to attend school of each child. One can be ready to begin when four or five, or one can be ready to begin when eight, but they all have to do so when they are six years old. The second main difference is the one between boys and girls in their teens. Then they are at different stages of their development, but have to be group in the same classes in the same grades according to their age.
Then the lecturer talks about the less obvious problems. Those that are related to the fact there are preliminary, intermediate and secondary grades. A child is to continue to the next grade if he/she has passed all the classes in the current one, otherwise the whole material of the grade must be repeated. This results to boredom and higher dropout rates. The other problem is the usage of standardized tests which are more suitable for grading the group rather than the individual. The last problem that is touched in the lecture is the fact that some children learn slower and need more time to go through the material, while other that are faster have to wait for them, as they are grouped in the same classes.
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- PR Some people enjoy change and they look forward to new experiences Others like their lives to stay the same and they do not change their usual habits Compare these two approaches to life Which approach do you prefer Explain why
- AD Do you agree or disagree with the following statement People behave differently when they wear different clothes Do you agree that different clothes influence the way people behave Use specific examples to support your answer
- Summarize the main points in the lecture explaining how they cast doubt on the idea in the passage 52
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, if, second, so, then, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 30.3222958057 109% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1087.0 1373.03311258 79% => OK
No of words: 238.0 270.72406181 88% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.56722689076 5.08290768461 90% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.92775363542 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.32893288759 2.5805825403 90% => OK
Unique words: 135.0 145.348785872 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.567226890756 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 338.4 419.366225166 81% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => 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: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.2094785428 49.2860985944 102% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.8181818182 110.228320801 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.6363636364 21.698381199 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.54545454545 7.06452816374 50% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 2.0 4.09492273731 49% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0870677213205 0.272083759551 32% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0318061741856 0.0996497079465 32% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0253076143758 0.0662205650399 38% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0661538859911 0.162205337803 41% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0170475587764 0.0443174109184 38% => 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: 10.9 13.3589403974 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 67.08 53.8541721854 125% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.23 12.2367328918 75% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.8 8.42419426049 93% => OK
difficult_words: 47.0 63.6247240618 74% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Minimum four paragraphs wanted. The correct pattern:
para 1: introduction
para 2: doubt 1
para 3: doubt 2
para 4: doubt 3
Less contents wanted from the reading passages(25%), more content wanted from the lecture (75%).
Don't need a conclusion paragraph.
Read sample essays from ETS:
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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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