title stringlengths 16 18 | lang stringclasses 1
value | source_name stringclasses 1
value | format stringclasses 1
value | category stringclasses 1
value | cefr_level stringclasses 8
values | license stringclasses 1
value | text stringlengths 2.17k 5.1k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
001_BGSU1004.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most University degrees are theoretical and do not prepare us for the real life. Do you agree or disagree?
Our educational system in one of the largest in the world. It offers variety, diversity but not flexibility and value for money. This is due to the fact that many of our university degree courses are eit... |
002_BGSU1018.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most University degrees are theoretical and do not prepare us for the real life. Do you agree or disagree?
What is the purpose of knowledge? Living in the end of the twentieth century is both difficult and easy to answer a question like that. But it is important to do so at least for ourselves .
The Earth wit... |
003_BGSU1022.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most University degrees are theoretical and do not prepare us for the real life. Do you agree or disagree?
Nowadays education is indispensable for people in order to find their place in the real world. But is university education, in particular, of great help to one in doing this ? To my mind, most people wou... |
004_BGSU1057.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
The world we are living in is without any doubt a modern and civilized one. It is not like the world five hundred years ago, it is no... |
005_BGSU1062.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that our age is the age of machines. Technology, industrialization and communications have dev... |
006_BGSU1063.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most University degrees are theoretical and do not prepare us for the real life. Do you agree or disagree?
There are quite a few people who think that higher education is unnecessary and that there is no point in studying at university. With the technical schools and the gymnasiums being rather popular nowada... |
007_BGSU1071.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most University degrees are theoretical and do not prepare us for the real life. Do you agree or disagree?
What is the purpose of education? To provide us with knowledge that, together with our tastes, will help us take the profession that best sorts our abilities. A good university degree should serve as a '... |
008_BGSU1074.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
It is a fact that even well-educated people find themselves in a state of bewilderment at the mere thought of the speed in which tech... |
009_BGSU1088.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most University degrees are theoretical and do not prepare us for the real life. Do you agree or disagree?
Most people go to university to prepare themselves for a future career or at least because they are interested in a particular area of study. To become specialists they need an academic education and in ... |
010_BGSU1139.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most University degrees are theoretical and do not prepare us for the real life. Do you agree or disagree?
Every intelligent young person dreams to graduate from the university one day. It seems to be the highest goal in most of the young people's lives. They do anything possible to become suitable applicants... |
011_BGSU1143.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most University degrees are theoretical and do not prepare us for the real life. Do you agree or disagree?
I agree to a great extent with this statement and, especially with the part preceding the comma. I can talk, of course, out of personal experience most objectively but I think I can express as well the f... |
012_BGSU1183.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In his novel 'Animal Farm' George Orwell wrote 'All men are equal but some are more equal than others'. How true is this today?
Finance in our modern world plays the greatest role of all. As a matter of fact it deserves an Oscar for its performance so far. It reigns over all aspects of human life and society ... |
013_BGSU1184.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In his novel 'Animal Farm' George Orwell wrote 'All men are equal but some are more equal than others'. How true is this today?
Once the American president John Kennedy said something about the issue which will be discussed in this essay. His point was that one should not ask what the United Stated can do for... |
014_BGSU1187.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In his novel 'Animal Farm' George Orwell wrote 'All men are equal but some are more equal than others'. How true is this today?
Before going into discussion of the topic it might be better to specify what exactly ' equal ' mean .
What do people understand by the word ' equal'? And by giving a clear definition... |
015_BGSU1234.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most University degrees are theoretical and do not prepare us for the real life. Do you agree or disagree?
If we are to consider the practical application of the knowledge one has gained during one's years in university, the first think that we must consider is the career one has chosen. If this career has to... |
016_BGSU1243.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In his novel 'Animal Farm' George Orwell wrote 'All men are equal but some are more equal than others'. How true is this today?
The question of equal opportunities for all has been very topical over the last few decades in the West, and the problem is beginning to gain momentum in our own country nowadays. Ye... |
018_BGSU1259.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most University degrees are theoretical and do not prepare us for the real life. Do you agree or disagree?
Imagine yourself not taking an university degree. What will your future be like? Working as a shop assistant, a taxi driver or ...? I wonder if this will make you feel satisfied .
So what? As it turns ou... |
019_BGSU1291.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In his novel 'Animal Farm' George Orwell wrote 'All men are equal but some are more equal than others'. How true is this today?
When God made the human race he made all the humans equal, Equal in their possessions, minds, absolutely everything. But I guess that when God mixed the mixture he put a wrong ingred... |
020_BGSU1299.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In his novel 'Animal Farm' George Orwell wrote 'All men are equal but some are more equal than others'. How true is this today?
All men are equal. It is presumed that God made them so. Still all throughout the history of his species man have fought for equality. It has turned out that indeed some men are more... |
021_BRFF1068.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
The society we live in establish patterns which well-succeed people should follow, otherwise they seem impossible to reach. People have to work, to study, to go to the supermarket, to pay the bills and at the same time, they have to be the most eff... |
022_BRMG1110.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
This issue carries an important meaning if we consider that dreaming and imagination are embodied in human nature. There are differen... |
023_BRMG1116.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
Going to university is most peoples dream and they rely on this opportunity to get a great job and to be well succeeded in their professional lives. At first, there is the dilemma o... |
024_BRMG1119.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
Most university degrees are theorical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value .
I think that there are a lot of universities that do... |
025_BRMG1120.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
Which person has not seen another one acting inappropriately in his or her professional area? It is very common to see professionals doing wrong things in their jobs, although these... |
026_BRMG1279.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
Since the beginning of the humanity history, at least the history that is studied at the schools along the country, we can clearly notice that we live on a constant fight for power. Much of what is behind this power is related to money, and natural... |
027_BRMG1295.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
Recently, a research about the television was done in the United States of America. It discovered that most of people spend hours of their lives watching te... |
028_BRRS1024.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
Our society has changed over the last centuries and thanks to the science technology development and industrialisation we have a better standard of living. ... |
029_BRRS1028.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
There are few topics so much linked to modernity and our contemporary tradition as the discussion of the role of women in society. Throughout the years, the feminists struggled against the domination of patriarchal models imposed on women, many tim... |
030_BRRS1036.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
Unlike people tend to believe, the Feminist Movement has existed since biblical times. The Old Testament mentions that the five daughters of a man who had died claimed for their right to his inheritance instead of their uncle. They claimed Why shou... |
031_BRRS1045.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song, "Money is the root of all evil"
In a capitalist society, where money is the fuel responsible for the functioning of this big engine, it is not surprising that it is also the main cause of all violence, and even in general terms, that money is the root of all evil, as it is said in... |
032_BRRS1048.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
This line was said by the American singer and songwriter Billy Corgan in one of his songs with his band The Smashing Pumpkins. Many t... |
033_BRSM1348.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
When the word feminism appeared, people experienced a different reality - considering the fact it happened during the nineteenth century in the United Kingdom and the United States. The consequences of the movements which have taken place back at t... |
034_BRSM1351.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
Since the word was first used in English to describe the mobilization for women's suffrage in Europe and the U.S. during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and even before that, when the term was still not in use, feminism has been one of the ... |
035_BRSM1369.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
Money is the way we use to buy a lot of things today, like food and drink, but also plesure, entretaning and good moments in travels arround the world. It was made just for it, to be the highway to change things that we have in other things that we... |
036_BRSM1372.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
It is a common saying that money is the root of all evil. According to the Random House Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings, the phrase first appeared in English circa 1000 A.D. The saying originated in the New Testament. For the love of money is th... |
037_BRSM1377.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | C1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
The time when a university degree could guarantee one a better job is long gone. In today's world, not only has it become ordinary to all of those who are seeking a position in the ... |
038_BRSS1344.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: In the words of the old song: 'Money is the root of all evil'
Like is writing on the Bible, in the New Testament, and people says because of thousand years of common sense, money is the root of all evil. But, if we start to thinking about that, even the Catholic people, the phrase does not make sense .
How f... |
039_BRSS1345.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Marx once said that religion was the opium of the masses. If he was alive at the beginning of the 21st century, he would replace religion with television
One of the most popular main of communication nowadays is television. There is one in each house in the occident and now it has been arrived in the orient t... |
040_BRSS1346.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Some people say that in our modern world, dominated by science, technology and industrialisation, there is no longer a place for dreaming and imagination. What is your opinion?
Nowadays, we live in a world where people are totally dependent on modern facilities. These facilities have began to be introduced in... |
041_CNUK1005.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
As a university student, when I entered the university and chose my major, I found a phenomenon that some subjects offered are theoretical, which caused the students' complaints. Th... |
042_CNUK1029.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Should military service be compulsory in your country or should the army of your country consist of only professional soldiers? Discuss.
China is a nation which has the traditions of unity and strivation. According to the law, every chinese citizen has the duty and responsibility to serve for the army when the... |
043_CNUK1042.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
In my opinion, feminists definitely have done a little bit more harm to the women who are now living in a world filled with heavy workload and under severe atmosphere. Some of them even have no time to take special care of their children. Probably,... |
044_CNUK1049.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
As the development of society all over the world, more and more people from developed and developing countries tend to go to universities and get various degrees. However, there is ... |
045_CNUK1051.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Discuss the view that capital punishment should be carried out in all cases for murder.
In most countries, capital punishment is carried out in the murder and some other very serious crimes. However, in latest years, somebody argues that if it is the best and the most humanism way to punish such a crimes. In ... |
046_CNUK1090.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Discuss the view that capital punishment should be carried out in all cases for murder.
In the modern century, many countries have the capital punishment in the legal system which is contoversial in the world. It is because the capital is cruel fine and many people said that if should be carried out. Although... |
047_CNUK1105.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Discuss the view that capital punishment should be carried out in all cases for murder.
Human life is valuable and unique to everyone. Now one can decide when a person dies. Murder is a kind of most serious crime ' commonly ' around us. Everyone should be protected by the law and those murder should receive t... |
048_CNUK1115.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Should military service be compulsory in your country or should the army of your country consist of only professional soldiers? Discuss.
In china, the PLA was consisted of only professional soldiers. But in many other countries, military service is compulsory and every citizen will have to proform as a soldie... |
049_CNUK1137.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Should military service be compulsory in your country or should the army of your country consist of only professional soldiers? Discuss.
Should military service be compulsory in my country or should the army consist of only professional soldiers? It raises me deep thinking of the formidable military service i... |
050_CNUK1138.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Discuss the view that capital punishment should be carried out in all cases for murder.
For many years, capital punishment has been discussed whether it should be abolished. My answer is certainly "No". Murderers are cruel. And they are usually referred to the violent thugs. They should be sentenced to death.... |
051_CNUK1149.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B2 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Discuss the view that capital punishment should be carried out in all cases for murder.
Capital punishment is the harshest form of punishment enforced in the world today. Whoever violates the law should be sentenced, by either serving himself in prison or being given a death penalty. Consequently, it's quite ... |
052_CNUK1184.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1 | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Discuss the view that capital punishment should be carried out in all cases for murder.
As you know, thousands of people would lose their lives everyday for lots of different reasons. Some are die of disease, some are die of the old age. Some are die from traffic accident, some are murdered, and so on .
Howev... |
053_CNUK2008.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Most university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. They are therefore of very little value.
Why do people want to go to universities? Some people might say university degrees are theoretical and do not prepare students for the real world. Well, in my point of view, people ... |
054_CNUK2017.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Discuss the view that capital punishment should be carried out in all cases for murder.
Nowadays whether the capital punishment should be carried out in all cases for murder is a controversial issue. Some people believe that the murderer should be seriously punished by the capital punishment, while others hol... |
055_CNUK2032.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
With the development of economics and technology, people are more focusing on their own rights, power and freedom. In this modern society, women are becoming more and more important than before in many areas. They gradually have the equal status wi... |
056_CNUK3065.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Discuss the view that capital punishment should be carried out in all cases for murder.
Suppose you are shopping in a supermarket, when you have chosen a lot of things and gone to pay in the cashier, will you feel fair and comfortable if the staff tells you that no matter what you buy, you have to pay at the ... |
057_CNUK4002.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Discuss the view that capital punishment should be carried out in all cases for murder.
ln the modern century, many countries have the capital punishment in the
legal system which is
contoversial in the world. lt is because the capital is a cruel sentence
and many people said that if should be carried out. A... |
058_CNUK4011.txt | en | icle500 | document-level | learner | B1+ | CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) | Title: Feminists have done more harm to the cause of women than good
Feminists, belonging to the most arguable issues in nowadays, play a core
role of job - dividing and social status' forming. Those who support the
equality of male and female believe that feminists are good for women,
while others insist that what ... |
End of preview. Expand in Data Studio
This dataset has been indexed in the UniversalCEFR. The transformed version (in JSON format) retains the same license as the original dataset. Ownership and copyright remain with the original creators and/or dataset paper authors. If you use this transformed dataset, you must cite the following:
Dataset License: cc-by-nc-4.0
Dataset Repository: https://dataverse.uclouvain.be/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi%3A10.14428%2FDVN%2FRIOSSC
Original Dataset Paper/s:
Granger, S., M. Dupont, F. Meunier, H. Naets, & Paquot, M. (2020). The International Corpus of Learner English (version 3). Louvain-la-Neuve: Presses universitaires de Louvain.
Thwaites, P., Vandeweerd, N., & Paquot, M. (2024). Crowdsourced Comparative Judgement for Evaluating Learner Texts: How Reliable are Judges Recruited from an Online Crowdsourcing Platform?. Applied Linguistics.
- Downloads last month
- 46