TPO 49 integrated writing skill
According to the reading passage, author lists three theories to support that humpback whales may be navigating by the stars, since, lecturer holds opposite view and he states passage's theories are not convincing. Also, he points out some competing theories, which contradict passage's arguments.
Firstly, the essay assumes that humpback whales seem to be intelligent enough to use stars to navigate by. However, the listening material claims that there are other animals using stars to navigate such as ducks, although ducks are not intelligent. Thus, there is no connection between intelligence and navigating by stars.
Secondly, the writer indicates that because humpback whales migrate straight lines for long distances, so, they orient themselves by some external objects or forces and probably they rely on stars at night to navigate. On the contrary, the speaker argues that animals send external forces by assistance earth's magnetic fields, which is called biomagnetic. Therefore, biomagnetic suggests that they orient themselves by magnetic fields rather than navigating by stars.
Finally, the passage discusses that humpback whales sometimes exhibit an unusual behavior, which is known as spy-hopping, means they float straight up for minutes at a time for looking at the stars. In contrast, in the listening section, he reckons that sharks exhibit the same behaviors, but they do not use stars for navigate. Consequently, spy-hopping in humpback whales is not related to navigation, instead, it has other functions.
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 21 in 30
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 11 12
No. of Words: 233 250
No. of Characters: 1261 1200
No. of Different Words: 135 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.907 4.2
Average Word Length: 5.412 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.666 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 106 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 85 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 60 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 32 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 21.182 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.077 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 1 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.386 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.386 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.121 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 1 4