Some students like classes where teachers lecture (do all of the talking) in class. Other students prefer classes where the students do some of the talking. Which type of class do you prefer? Give specific reasons and details to support your choice.
Teaching methods have considerably evolved during the last decades, allowing pro-active interaction between students and teachers. While some people prefer old-fashioned teaching style where the teacher do all the talking, I am more fond of interactive classes. This is due to the fact that it encourages the liberty of the speech, and because it is more a efficient way to learn. I will explain my statement in detail, in the following essay.
First and foremost, this method allows students to express their own ideas which is a significant point for their future. At present time, my country is governed by a democratic system, but in the past it was ruled by a dictator who did not permit people to think. Furthermore, this situation used to start since childhood, when scholars were forced to study and accept concepts that were against freedom from all its points of view. I myself experienced this with some of my old teachers. Even though the regime was over by the time I went to school, the professors have inherited that autocratic style. They were not able to change their methods within a few years. As a consequence, whenever my colleagues or I tried to approach the lessons from a different point of view, our ideas were rejected and we were brought to silence. Professors saw us like a hopeless generation, who could not be submissive to what they considered traditional and ethic rules. Thus, interactive lessons ensure freedom of expressing personal beliefs.
Furthermore, interactive lessons facilitate accumulation of information. Students tend to be more active, attentive and involved in a topic when they are included in a discussion, conferring them more vital status within the class. Therefore their presence appear to be significant for the on-going class. Moreover, when debating a problem, some aspects of the topic is being memorized during the lesson, so they study less at home. My experience is a compelling example. Back in high school, our history teacher used to have a similar approach during his classes. Prior the lesson, he was providing us with some reading materials. We did not have to memorize by heart, but to have a general idea about the issue that was going to be discussed. The professor was engaging us in a debate, challenging us to give our opinion on the actions made by our ancestors. Questions like " Why do you think war was necessary?" or "Why religion was an important part of the society?" made us reflect and understand better the history.
To summarize, a class where both the teacher and the students are talking, is more beneficial than
a lecture one. This is because it creates a proper environment for pupils to voice their thoughts and because it speeds the process of learning.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, if, moreover, so, therefore, thus, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 15.1003584229 179% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 9.8082437276 20% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 13.8261648746 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.0286738351 109% => OK
Pronoun: 50.0 43.0788530466 116% => OK
Preposition: 63.0 52.1666666667 121% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 8.0752688172 136% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2315.0 1977.66487455 117% => OK
No of words: 461.0 407.700716846 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.02169197397 4.8611393121 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.63367139033 4.48103885553 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.8823515996 2.67179642975 108% => OK
Unique words: 255.0 212.727598566 120% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.553145336226 0.524837075471 105% => OK
syllable_count: 723.6 618.680645161 117% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 9.59856630824 146% => OK
Article: 4.0 3.08781362007 130% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.51792114695 171% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.86738351254 214% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.94265232975 61% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.6003584229 121% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.1344086022 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.7667366872 48.9658058833 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.6 100.406767564 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.44 20.6045352989 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.6 5.45110844103 48% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.5376344086 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 11.8709677419 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.85842293907 52% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.88709677419 205% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.182335620611 0.236089414692 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0439951024492 0.076458572812 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0707500872429 0.0737576698707 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.125585066616 0.150856017488 83% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0995356263563 0.0645574589148 154% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.4 11.7677419355 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 58.1214874552 92% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 10.1575268817 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 10.9000537634 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.61 8.01818996416 107% => OK
difficult_words: 119.0 86.8835125448 137% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.002688172 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.0537634409 92% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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