Task 2 Some universities offer online courses as an alternative to classes delivered on campus Do you think this is a positive or negative development

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Task 2: Some universities offer online courses as an alternative to classes delivered on campus. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

Thanks to the widespread presence of the Internet, online learning has been a common educational method, which is being considered as a substitute for traditional classes by some universities. However, I am of the opinion that online classes have both positive and negative influences on students.

There is no denying that integrating technology into education brings a variety of merits. It is particularly beneficial for students who live in remote areas as well as do not have the financial capability. With the click of a mouse, students could gain access to any courses and programs regardless of geographical barriers, thereby saving their commuting costs and tuition fees. Also, these courses are designed to adapt to each student’s ability, meaning that this approach can facilitate the learning process because students can learn at their own pace. As a consequence, students can develop an independent studying habit.

Despite the positives of online learning courses mentioned above, there are some certain demerits. One main disadvantage is that this learning feature cannot provide a holistic learning environment that universities can offer. If students study through online learning platforms, they would not have the opportunity to cooperate and exchange ideas with their peers, leading to a lack of practical skills and motivation for competition. Besides, students’ academic performance cannot be guaranteed, not to mention the fact that it can adversely affect the quality of education as some students capitalize on online learning to plagiarise during the examination.

In conclusion, it is clear that online learning methods bring both advantages and disadvantages for university education. From my perspective, although it makes the learning process much easier in some cases, I think it would be better for the universities not to underestimate the importance of traditional learning.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, however, if, so, well, i think, in conclusion, as well as, in some cases

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 9.0 7.30460921844 123% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 24.0651302605 91% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 41.998997996 79% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 8.3376753507 156% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1639.0 1615.20841683 101% => OK
No of words: 290.0 315.596192385 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.65172413793 5.12529762239 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.12666770723 4.20363070211 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.09959339131 2.80592935109 110% => OK
Unique words: 177.0 176.041082164 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.610344827586 0.561755894193 109% => OK
syllable_count: 518.4 506.74238477 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 0.0 2.52805611222 0% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.3012716328 49.4020404114 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 126.076923077 106.682146367 118% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.3076923077 20.7667163134 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.69230769231 7.06120827912 95% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.195582194402 0.244688304435 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0746313882798 0.084324248473 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0511243550797 0.0667982634062 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.120909109514 0.151304729494 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.033746269943 0.056905535591 59% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.3 13.0946893788 124% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 32.22 50.2224549098 64% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 11.3001002004 126% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.79 12.4159519038 127% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.28 8.58950901804 120% => OK
difficult_words: 102.0 78.4519038076 130% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => 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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