Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Students can learn as much by watching movies as they can learn by reading books.
There is no question that books are an excellent source of knowledge. They provide in-depth information on a variety of topics, and can be used to learn about history, science, and other academic subjects. However, movies can be just as educational as books. Here are three reasons why:
Movies can be more engaging than books. Let’s face it, reading can be boring. Many people find it difficult to sit down and read for long periods of time. Movies, on the other hand, are much more engaging. They are visual and often include action and suspense, which can hold a viewer’s attention for the entire duration.
Movies can cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time. A two-hour movie can tell a story that would take hundreds of pages to tell in a book. This is especially helpful for students who are trying to learn about a particular subject but don’t have a lot of time. One real life example of this is the movie Hidden Figures. The movie tells the story of African American women who worked as mathematicians and engineers for NASA during the Space Race in the 1960s. The movie is based on a book of the same name, which would have taken much longer to read than the movie took to watch.
Movies can be more memorable than books. Because they are visual, movies tend to stick with us longer than books. This is helpful for students who need to remember information for exams or papers. For example, a student who reads a history textbook and then watches a documentary on the same subject is likely to remember more from the documentary than from the textbook. This is because the documentary brings the history to life with visuals and sound, while the textbook is mostly text-based. In addition, movies are generally more entertaining than books, so we are more likely to pay attention to them and remember what we have seen.
Of course, there are also some drawbacks to using movies as a learning tool. For example, they can be expensive, and it can be difficult to find ones that are appropriate for all ages. Additionally, movies often leave out important details, and they can be biased.
Despite these drawbacks, movies can be a valuable learning tool for students. They are often more engaging than books, can cover a lot of information in a short amount of time, and can be more memorable.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, so, then, while, for example, in addition, of course, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 29.0 15.1003584229 192% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 9.8082437276 173% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 13.8261648746 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.0286738351 82% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 43.0788530466 49% => OK
Preposition: 47.0 52.1666666667 90% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.0752688172 99% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1923.0 1977.66487455 97% => OK
No of words: 409.0 407.700716846 100% => OK
Chars per words: 4.70171149144 4.8611393121 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.49708221141 4.48103885553 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.49464008972 2.67179642975 93% => OK
Unique words: 195.0 212.727598566 92% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.476772616137 0.524837075471 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 604.8 618.680645161 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 9.59856630824 73% => OK
Article: 4.0 3.08781362007 130% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.51792114695 57% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.86738351254 268% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.94265232975 81% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.6003584229 121% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 20.1344086022 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 35.4300663279 48.9658058833 72% => OK
Chars per sentence: 76.92 100.406767564 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.36 20.6045352989 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.8 5.45110844103 70% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.53405017921 132% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 5.5376344086 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8709677419 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.85842293907 104% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 13.0 4.88709677419 266% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.316260615683 0.236089414692 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.100463937652 0.076458572812 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.052215149173 0.0737576698707 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.193666975729 0.150856017488 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0368947738811 0.0645574589148 57% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.9 11.7677419355 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 58.1214874552 110% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 10.1575268817 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.68 10.9000537634 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.29 8.01818996416 91% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 86.8835125448 85% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 10.002688172 55% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.0537634409 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.0 Out of 30
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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.