Over-reliance on modern technology means that people are failing to learn, or are forgetting, many basic skills.
To what extent is this true? Are people becoming so reliant on modern technology that they are no longer able to do some things without it?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Modern technology has played an integral role in our fast-paced lives and has brought huge benefits to human beings. Although technological innovations have improved the way we live and work, there is a growing concern that over-reliance on these advancements may lead to the loss of basic skills.
One significant consequence of excessive dependence on modern technology is that the Internet and search engines offer individuals instant access to a vast amount of information so it may cause a decline in critical thinking and problem-solving skills. For example, instead of conducting independent research for an essay, a university student may only rely on the available resources on the Internet and then summarize them in his work. Consequently, he may lose the ability to analyze and solve problems and his essay may face the possibility of being accused of plagiarism.
Another drawback of over-reliance on technological innovations is that people may forget how to read maps and lose navigational skills. Satellite navigation is a great invention that helps people navigate and get the right and fastest way to a particular location only with a GPS smartphone. However, satellite navigation is not always accurate and people may end up in stranger places.
On the other hand, modern technology also offers numerous benefits, such as increased connectivity, efficiency, and access to information. Particularly, the social network is an incredible platform to connect with people around the world and stay in touch easily. Moreover, the Internet may allow people to work from distances, people can do remote jobs internationally by applying for a foreign company. Last but not least, the Internet can offer a variety of sources for people to learn new skills through platforms such as Google, YouTube, and so on.
In conclusion, modern technology has brought huge benefits to our lives. Having said that, however, we need to be careful that we do not become over-reliant on it. We have to take advantage of technology’s benefits and preserve basic skills that are essential for our daily lives.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, however, if, may, moreover, so, then, for example, in conclusion, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 13.1623246493 68% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 7.85571142285 140% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 10.4138276553 154% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 24.0651302605 87% => OK
Preposition: 46.0 41.998997996 110% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 8.3376753507 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1780.0 1615.20841683 110% => OK
No of words: 335.0 315.596192385 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.31343283582 5.12529762239 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.27820116611 4.20363070211 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.10865677375 2.80592935109 111% => OK
Unique words: 195.0 176.041082164 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.582089552239 0.561755894193 104% => OK
syllable_count: 563.4 506.74238477 111% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 5.43587174349 55% => 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: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.3799743065 49.4020404114 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.666666667 106.682146367 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.3333333333 20.7667163134 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.8 7.06120827912 110% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.23597057867 0.244688304435 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0809853225622 0.084324248473 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0450832550647 0.0667982634062 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.127200156643 0.151304729494 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0427404248795 0.056905535591 75% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.7 13.0946893788 112% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 50.2224549098 81% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 11.3001002004 116% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.81 12.4159519038 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.3 8.58950901804 108% => OK
difficult_words: 97.0 78.4519038076 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.5 9.78957915832 158% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.