People from around the world take English language tests, such as IELTS, in order to migrate, enter university or attain employment. As computer technology improves, these high-stakes tests are shifting away from human examiners to computers. In my opinion, I subscribe to this idea, for computer-based testing has more merits than some manageable demerits.
There are some drawbacks associated with the shift away from traditional testing. To begin with, the main issue is that language examiners will lose their jobs. Hundreds of thousands of people currently employed by testing organizations will be forced to find work elsewhere as computers begin to replace them. In addition, computer-based language tests will take some time to develop and there will be some problems as they mature. For example, there will be technical problems about how to test a candidate’s spoken and written English through computers. Obviously, this will take time to perfect.
Nevertheless, there are two important advantages that computers-based tests possess. First, computer systems used to assess candidates will continue to improve over time and become more refined in the near future. As computers collect thousands of candidate responses, they will use these data to improve themselves and eventually supersede human examiners. Second, candidates will be able to prepare for language tests online. This will facilitate their learning as online test preparation is arguably more effective, efficient, convenient and cost-effective. More important, computer-based testing follows the eco-friendly trend as it can save more resources such as paper, pencils and erasers.
In spite of the opposing views, I argue that the benefits of online assessment far outweigh the drawbacks because this testing method saves more time and resources and facilitates language learning. Though some people might be skeptical about the feasibility and accuracy of online testing, the cutting-edge technology would definitely solve the technical problems that might happen in computer-based language examinations. Therefore, it is justifiable to assert that online testing modes are far superior to traditional ones.
- With the increasing demand for energy sources such as oil and gas should people be looking for sources of oil and gas in remote and untouched places Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages of damaging such areas 84
- Zoos are inhumane and should be abolished To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion 92
- The graph shows the availability of various sweeteners in the USA from 1966 to 2012. 67
- Some people like to spend their money as soon as they earn it while others think it is better to save their money for some time in the future Which do you prefer Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion 95
- The restoration of old buildings in major cities in the world costs numerous governments' expenditures. This money should be used in new housing and road development. To what extent do you agree or disagree? 78
Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, if, nevertheless, second, so, therefore, for example, in addition, such as, in my opinion, in spite of, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 7.85571142285 178% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 7.30460921844 68% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 24.0651302605 91% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 41.998997996 90% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 8.3376753507 48% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1868.0 1615.20841683 116% => OK
No of words: 325.0 315.596192385 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.74769230769 5.12529762239 112% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24591054749 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.06753336522 2.80592935109 109% => OK
Unique words: 182.0 176.041082164 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.56 0.561755894193 100% => OK
syllable_count: 594.9 506.74238477 117% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 16.0721442886 112% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.2975951904 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.5927093396 49.4020404114 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.777777778 106.682146367 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.0555555556 20.7667163134 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.88888888889 7.06120827912 98% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => 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: 0.21216079362 0.244688304435 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0747701767239 0.084324248473 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.048908675568 0.0667982634062 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.144882673334 0.151304729494 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0542607055083 0.056905535591 95% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.7 13.0946893788 112% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 36.28 50.2224549098 72% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.77 12.4159519038 127% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.39 8.58950901804 109% => OK
difficult_words: 100.0 78.4519038076 127% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.1190380762 91% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 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.