18.02.2023: New technologies have changed the way children spend their free time. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
New technologies have indeed revolutionized the way youngsters enjoy their leisure time. While I understand that there might be some inevitable risks regarding children's use of technology if it goes unsupervised, I believe that the benefits do override the downsides.
The rising use of technology among youngsters offers countless advantages. Firstly, contemporary technological gadgets offer a diverse range of education opportunities. Children can now use language-learning apps that provide multiple motivating and engaging lessons, such as Duolingo, to boost the learning process without any charges. Such marvellous technologies help children boost their productivity by allowing them to learn languages whenever and wherever they wish to. Secondly, with the advanced utility of Facebook, they can be a part of a social-media group that shares a common topic and exchanges information in real-time, thereby improving their international networking and fostering crossed-culture communication among children. Therefore, these gadgets will help children grow into more informed and well-rounded individuals if incorporated with proper guidance from their parents.
Although there are some potential drawbacks regarding children's use of technology, these are completely eclipsed by the advantages. Firstly, one of the disadvantages of new technologies is that they can be highly addictive and lead to a sedentary lifestyle. As they are built with algorithms tailoring content to meet the preferences of each user, so many children may waste hours scrolling through the app without realizing it, which may contribute to obesity and cause eye strain. Furthermore, such excessive use of social media going uncontrolled over time will affect children's mental and physical well-being. In some cases, children may experience anxiety and low self-esteem because they may be unable to conform to societal expectations. Nevertheless, these problems are easily mitigated by the active management of technology use and screen-time limits imposed by parents.
In conclusion, although there are some disadvantages to the increasing use of technology among children, the benefits outweigh the downsides. Technology can be an excellent tool for learning, creativity, and social connection when used responsibly and with appropriate guidance. It is essential for parents and caregivers to be vigilant and take an active role in monitoring children's use of technology and ensuring that they are using digital media safely and healthily.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, furthermore, if, may, nevertheless, regarding, second, secondly, so, therefore, well, while, in conclusion, such as, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 7.85571142285 140% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 10.4138276553 154% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 24.0651302605 104% => OK
Preposition: 46.0 41.998997996 110% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2171.0 1615.20841683 134% => OK
No of words: 367.0 315.596192385 116% => OK
Chars per words: 5.91553133515 5.12529762239 115% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.37689890912 4.20363070211 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.3106457653 2.80592935109 118% => OK
Unique words: 220.0 176.041082164 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.599455040872 0.561755894193 107% => OK
syllable_count: 684.0 506.74238477 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.9 1.60771543086 118% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 16.0721442886 106% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.7528286804 49.4020404114 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 127.705882353 106.682146367 120% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.5882352941 20.7667163134 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.88235294118 7.06120827912 126% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 8.67935871743 138% => 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: 0.194700592476 0.244688304435 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0724170435057 0.084324248473 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0593193637572 0.0667982634062 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.139207740657 0.151304729494 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0538477217024 0.056905535591 95% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.2 13.0946893788 131% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 24.78 50.2224549098 49% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 11.3001002004 133% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 17.06 12.4159519038 137% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.49 8.58950901804 122% => OK
difficult_words: 135.0 78.4519038076 172% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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