When adults choose to study, it is mostly for self-enrichment, for enjoyment or self-improvement, not to work toward a vocation or degree. They have two options in front of them. One is to do self-study through various resources such as the internet or libraries and the other is by enrolling in regular classes. I do agree that self-study is more convenient for adults; however, the most effective approach would be to do a major part of the study on one’s own and top it up with a few days in the classroom.
With the help of the Internet, self-study can be a very useful way to learn anything nowadays. There are thousands of resources available on the Internet that can help one to traverse the ins and outs of any subject. Many sites also offer video tutorials. By utilizing the vast amounts of teaching resources as well as authentic materials, such as official online sites of some universities, one can really develop one’s skills independently. Besides the Internet one can purchase textbooks or borrow books from libraries that can help in learning about any subject. Finally, self-study requires very little finances and one can also look after family commitments.
There are some disadvantages of self-study. To begin with, it is difficult to remain focused on study and one can get bored or distracted very soon. The teachers in the classroom setting can keep one focused on study. Secondly, while doing self-study, there are chances that one can study incorrectly. Nonetheless, for adults self-education is much more convenient as the classroom may not be in an approachable location or the timing may not suit them.
On balance it can be concluded that, as that there are many barriers to adult education such as time, money and family commitments, I agree to quite some extent that self-study is a good way for them. However, I would also like to say that the ideal approach would be to have a blend of self-study and classroom learning.
- Large shopping malls are replacing small shops. What is your opinion about this? Discuss with appropriate examples. 77
- Parents should be held legally responsible for their children’s acts, to what extent do you agree or disagree? 80
- With all the problems in the world today, some people think that spending money on space exploration is a complete waste. The money can be better spent on other causes. What is your opinion? 88
- If you want to study a particular area of climate change, which subject will you choose? Discuss this with regards to the roles that governments, corporations and individuals play. 85
- Law can change human behavior. Do you agree or disagree? 70
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, finally, however, if, look, may, nonetheless, really, second, secondly, so, then, well, while, such as, as well as, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.5418719212 152% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 6.10837438424 246% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 13.0 8.36945812808 155% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 5.94088669951 151% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 20.9802955665 91% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 31.9359605911 138% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.75862068966 139% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1640.0 1207.87684729 136% => OK
No of words: 333.0 242.827586207 137% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.92492492492 5.00649968141 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.27180144563 3.92707691288 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.96773889364 2.71678728327 109% => OK
Unique words: 171.0 139.433497537 123% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.513513513514 0.580463131201 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 518.4 379.143842365 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.57093596059 102% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 4.6157635468 130% => OK
Article: 2.0 1.56157635468 128% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.71428571429 175% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.931034482759 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 3.65517241379 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 12.6551724138 134% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.5024630542 93% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.6846550354 50.4703680194 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 96.4705882353 104.977214359 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.5882352941 20.9669160288 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.47058823529 7.25397266985 117% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.12807881773 97% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.33497536946 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 6.9802955665 158% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 2.75862068966 72% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 2.91625615764 137% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.163314758761 0.242375264174 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0599689353676 0.0925447433944 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0474795822038 0.071462118173 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.110080772436 0.151781067708 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0117866949047 0.0609392437508 19% => 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: 11.5 12.6369458128 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.1260098522 98% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.54236453202 47% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 10.9458128079 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.26 11.5310837438 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.23 8.32886699507 99% => OK
difficult_words: 77.0 55.0591133005 140% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 9.94827586207 106% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.3980295567 92% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.5123152709 105% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 77.7777777778 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 70.0 Out of 90
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