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2.0/ 5
DevelopingPartially Successful
The response effectively states an opinion on online learning and attempts to engage with classmates, but it suffers from vague examples and multiple grammatical errors. To improve, the writer should provide more specific examples and enhance sentence variety to strengthen their argument.
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Content
3/5Breakdown
Clear purpose3/5
Complete response3/5
Addresses requirements3/5
Working well
- Flexibility in learning — “online learning can make students choose their own time to take the course.”
- Student autonomy — “some students like me will also use double the speed to watch the courses, that make us learn more knowledge in same time.”
- Problem-solving suggestion — “Schools can used chatroom to solve this problem.”
To improve
- Lack of specificity Try: Specify the platform used, such as 'in our school, we used the Blackboard platform for online learning.'
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