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?
It is true that more and more people are studying at home through distance education via the Internet to achieve tertiary qualifications instead of attending a traditional classroom with a lecturer. While I accept that distance learning brings some potential of benefits for students, I believe that there are some drawbacks of this trend.
Admittedly, distance education features several advantages thanks to the proliferation of the Internet and advances in technology. Firstly, by removing the barrier of distance, online courses which are delivered by universities and colleges enable millions of students to economize when pursuing higher education. For example, a Vietnamese student living in a rural area will be able to enjoy the benefits of a virtual classroom created by an American top-tier institution, which means that he will not to pay for airfare and the other cost of living. Secondly, online study can allow students set their own study time. This might be explained by the fact that online lectures offer students greater flexibility and enable them create a timetable in line with their needs and characteristics. As a result, students do not have to waste time commuting and there is no need to worry about traffic congestion or the stress of coping with the rush hour.
However, it seems to me that distance studying certainly has shortcomings compared with traditional learning with a teacher. In terms of transmission of knowledge, digital gadgets hardly function as effectively as a human teacher does in a classroom. For instance, in virtual learning environment, a computer can only answer questions which have been programmed and fail to answer unusual, non-standard and unprecedented questions. By contrast, in a face-to-face course, a human teacher is able to respond flexibly with giving well-tailored, persuasive and inspiring answers. From the perspective of soft skills, teachers who are role models with life and work experiences have played a vital role as mentors and advisors during courses. Not only can this interaction broaden students’ knowledge, but it can also strengthen their problem solving and critical thinking skills.
In conclusion, although there are some advantages of distance learning through online resources, I believe that some disadvantages of this trend can be identified.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 623, Rule ID: WHO_NOUN[1]
Message: A noun should not follow "who". Try changing to a verb or maybe to 'who is a are'.
Suggestion: who is a are
...he perspective of soft skills, teachers who are role models with life and work experien...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so, then, well, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, as a result, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 10.4138276553 144% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 7.30460921844 164% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 24.0651302605 96% => OK
Preposition: 51.0 41.998997996 121% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 8.3376753507 192% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1984.0 1615.20841683 123% => OK
No of words: 363.0 315.596192385 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.46556473829 5.12529762239 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.3649236973 4.20363070211 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.08872312128 2.80592935109 110% => OK
Unique words: 212.0 176.041082164 120% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.584022038567 0.561755894193 104% => OK
syllable_count: 614.7 506.74238477 121% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.76152304609 147% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 20.2975951904 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.4907395973 49.4020404114 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.266666667 106.682146367 124% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.2 20.7667163134 117% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.73333333333 7.06120827912 138% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 3.4128256513 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.208435170666 0.244688304435 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0633501746119 0.084324248473 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0450976986018 0.0667982634062 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.132022100884 0.151304729494 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0338588401822 0.056905535591 60% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.4 13.0946893788 125% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 38.66 50.2224549098 77% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.3001002004 122% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.74 12.4159519038 119% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.7 8.58950901804 113% => OK
difficult_words: 112.0 78.4519038076 143% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 9.78957915832 128% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.1190380762 115% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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