Some people believe online reading materials should only be used for a child to learn to read whereas others believe that only printed materials should be used Discuss both views and give your opinion

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Some people believe online reading materials should only be used for a child to learn to read, whereas others believe that only printed materials should be used.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.

The question of whether online or printed materials should be employed in teaching a child how to read has been a controversial issue for decades. While some believe that online resources are better, others favor the use of conventional printed materials. In my opinion, the use of hard copy materials should be the method of choice because it is independent of technology and devoid of distractions.

On the one hand, advocates of the use of online materials support their stance because the internet avails one a large variety of materials on different subject matters. This, therefore, provides ample opportunity for a child to make a choice among these large expanse of available online resources. For instance, a child could learn via audio or video lessons on various educational websites. This facilitates seamless comprehension of what is being taught. This is one peculiarity that makes online learning supercede the use of texts.

On the other hand, proponents of the use of hard copy materials, which I am part of, maintain that learning via this method is better for the following reasons. Firstly, unlike the internet, using prints does not have to depend on technology. And this makes it easily accessible at anytime and in any place. However, with the use of internet, one has to rely on the use of electrical gadgets that might, at times, be complicated to operate and also depend on power supply, which,in most times, is epileptic. Moreso these electrical gadgets are sometimes prohibitively expensive, hence, unaffordable to all and sundry. Secondly, there are almost no distractions associated with learning the use of hard copies; unlike online users that are easy swayed into distractions owing to the abundance of needless information available in the cyberspace. For instance, children at times lose focus, and they surf the internet for pornographic materials. These attributes associated with the internet makes online learning counterproductive.

In conclusion, the best method of teaching a child how to read has been an agelong controversy. Despite varying opinions about this issue, I strongly believe that the use of printed materials should be favored because it enhances concentration and it is also accessible to everyone.

Votes
Average: 7.3 (1 vote)

Comments

Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Wordiness: Shorten this phrase to the shortest possible suggestion.
Suggestion: Whether; The question whether
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Suggestion:
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Suggestion: , in
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, hence, however, if, second, secondly, so, therefore, while, as to, for instance, in conclusion, in my opinion, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 13.1623246493 129% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 7.85571142285 64% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 10.4138276553 86% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 24.0651302605 96% => OK
Preposition: 53.0 41.998997996 126% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1914.0 1615.20841683 118% => OK
No of words: 359.0 315.596192385 114% => OK
Chars per words: 5.33147632312 5.12529762239 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.35284910392 4.20363070211 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.00496300912 2.80592935109 107% => OK
Unique words: 188.0 176.041082164 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.523676880223 0.561755894193 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 621.0 506.74238477 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.76152304609 168% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 16.0721442886 112% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.2975951904 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.8953392088 49.4020404114 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 106.333333333 106.682146367 100% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.9444444444 20.7667163134 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.61111111111 7.06120827912 122% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 3.4128256513 176% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.361132540943 0.244688304435 148% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.108404447659 0.084324248473 129% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0827261669029 0.0667982634062 124% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.256405779133 0.151304729494 169% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.114858423053 0.056905535591 202% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 13.0946893788 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 50.2224549098 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.63 12.4159519038 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.93 8.58950901804 104% => OK
difficult_words: 99.0 78.4519038076 126% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.1190380762 95% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.7795591182 130% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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