Summarize the main points in the lecture, and then explain how they cast doubt on the ideas in the reading passage.

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Summarize the main points in the lecture, and then explain how they cast doubt on the ideas in the reading passage.

The reading and the lecturer are both about competition. The author of the reading believes that competition can increase motivation and productivity while students are having fun. The lecturer casts doubt on the claims made in the article. He thinks that someone who loses the competition is not having fun like those who win.

First of all, the author points out that competition was used a long time in classrooms to motivate and encourage students in their work as like athletes who improve their train with others who are equal or better than them. This point is challenged by the lecturer. He says that competition except providing competition and higher degree also increase cheating, fear of failure etc.

Secondly, the author contends that competition provides an environment in which students can increase their productivity. The lecturer rebuts this argument. He says that competition does not increase productivity. He elaborates on this by mentioning that cooperation between students increase productivity.

Finally, the author states that competition is providing fun for students. The article establishes that teachers often use team-based competition, for instance, group quizzes, spelling bees, science projects etc. The lecturer, on the other hand, posits that competition in groups is not fun because students who lose are not happy and that is not fun for them. He suggests a solution, students to compete against themselves by reading books.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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The reading and the lecturer are both ab...
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...uctivity while students are having fun. The lecturer casts doubt on the claims made...
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...s not having fun like those who win. First of all, the author points out that...
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...rease cheating, fear of failure etc. Secondly, the author contends that compe...
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...ween students increase productivity. Finally, the author states that competit...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, second, secondly, so, while, for instance, first of all, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 12.0772626932 141% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 24.0 30.3222958057 79% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 5.01324503311 359% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1245.0 1373.03311258 91% => OK
No of words: 228.0 270.72406181 84% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.46052631579 5.08290768461 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.88582923847 4.04702891845 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88756088223 2.5805825403 112% => OK
Unique words: 126.0 145.348785872 87% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.552631578947 0.540411800872 102% => OK
syllable_count: 374.4 419.366225166 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 21.2450331126 71% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 48.1051625781 49.2860985944 98% => OK
Chars per sentence: 83.0 110.228320801 75% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.2 21.698381199 70% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.73333333333 7.06452816374 95% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.052102027147 0.272083759551 19% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0260505560468 0.0996497079465 26% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0383478572376 0.0662205650399 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0363441802086 0.162205337803 22% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0337109424005 0.0443174109184 76% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 13.3589403974 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.25 53.8541721854 104% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.8 12.2367328918 113% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.7 8.42419426049 91% => OK
difficult_words: 48.0 63.6247240618 75% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.498013245 76% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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