Some people think that secondary school children should study international news as one of the school subjects. Other people think that it is a waste of valuable school ti. me. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Whether or not someone achieves their aims is mostly by a question of luck. To what extent do you agree or not agree?
Countries such as China, India, and Japan have unsustainable population growths. In fact, many experts are of the opinion that the population ‘explosion’ which is now a very worrying concern, is the most serious threat to life on this planet. Give some suggestions to address this problem
Some think schools should focus on teaching practical skills, while others think they should focus on academic knowledge. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Some people believe that school children should be required to do unpaid community service in their free time, such as helping in a retirement home or cleaning up public spaces. Do you agree or disagree?
Some government say how many children a family can have in their country. They may control the number of children someone has through taxes. It is sometimes necessary and right for a government to control the population in this way. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons to your answer.
Some people think parents should supervise their children's activities closely, while others believe children should have more freedom. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
In most countries, children wear uniforms to school. Some people argue that this is not a good idea. Discuss and give your own opinion.
it is the responsibility of schools to teach children good behaviours in addition to providing formal education. to what extent do you agree or disagree?
People use computers more extensively these days than ever before, and it is so extensive in our modern world that even children have access to these devices to play games or watch videos. This essay discusses the disadvantages of playing digital games on computer devices by youngsters and suggests some measures to reduce such negative effects.
Some people think that a sense of competition in children should be encouraged. Others believe that children who are taugh to co-operate rather than compete become more useful adults. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Nowadays women are having children at a much later age than the previous generations. Do you think this is a positive or negative thing? Discuss both side.
Some people believe physical education classes should be mandatory for all school aged children. Some people argue children should use their spare time on academic purpose. Discuss both point of views and give an opinion
Challenge 2 Many people try to balance work and other parts of their life. However, this is very difficult to do. What are the problems associated with this? What is the best way to achieve a better balance
Some people think that sports prepare children for work life while others think they do not. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.
Nowadays many people have access to computers and a large number of children enjoy playing video games. What are the advantages and disadvantages of playing video games for children? (Band 8,5)
it is important to give children the opportunity to make decisions from an early age. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
The table data shows the proportion of income adults and children spent on 4 common items in the United Kingdom in 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The demand for coaching services has grown significantly in the digital age, with online coaching platforms becoming prevalent. Some now feel online coaching is a superior option to in-person coach. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Some people think that a srnsr if competition in children should be encouraged. Others believe that children woh are taught to co-operate rather than competemore useful adults. Discuss bothviews and give your opinion.
Many parents today employ private tutor for their children after school hours. Do you think it is a positive or negative development?
Nowadays, more and more people decide to have children later in their life. What are the reasons? What are the impacts on society and families?
Some people think that competitive sports are important for a child education, oth ers think that it has negative effects. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
It is important for children to learn the difference between right and wrong at an early age. Punishment is necessary to help them learn this distinction. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? What sort of punishment should parents and teacher be allowed to use to teach good behaviour to children,
It is more important for schoolchildren to learn about local history than world history. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Trung
Some people believe that watching TV is bad for children while others claim it has positive effect for children as they grow up. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Some people who have been successful in society do not attribute their success to the theoretical knowledge they learn at university. What is your opinion on the factors contributing to one’s achievement?
Some people believe that children should be taught how to be good members of society at school. Others believe that parents should be the ones responsible for teaching their children to be good members of society Discuss both views and give your own opinion
Your child's school is going for a trip out of the country for 3 days and parent is allowed to join the group. Write a letter to school.
In your letter, you should:
• ask questions about the trip
• tell them why you want to join the group
• explain how you can help.
With the pressures on today’s young people to succeed academically, some people believe that nonacademic subjects at school (eg: physical education and cookery) should be removed from the syllabus so that children can concentrate wholly on academic subjects. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
lt is generally believed that some people are born with certain talents, for instance for sport or music, and others are not. However, it is sometimes claimed that апу child сап Ье taught to become а good sports person or musician. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Watching too much television reduces people’s capacity to think for themselves. To what extent do you agree with this point of view?
You have seen an advertisement in Australian magazines for someone to live with a family for six months and look after their six-year-old child write a letter.
•Explain why you would like this.
•Give detail of why you are a suitable person to employ.
•Say how would you spend your free time while you are in Australia.
It is generally accepted that exercise is good for children and teenagers. Therefore, physical education and sport should be compulsory for all students in all schools. What do you think? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
In the feature all cars,busesand trucks will be driverless.the only people travelling inside these vechicles will be passengers. Do you think the advantages of driverless vechicles outweight the disadvantages?
Intelligent machines such as reborts are widely applied to the place of human being. Do the advantage of the outweigh the disadvantage
In some countries the unemployment is high, therefore some people think children should study only primary education and not secondary education because they cannot find jobs. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Child trafficking has been brought to the forefront in recent years. What is the cause of this? What can be done to tackle it?
The percentage of overweight children in western society has increased by almost 20% in the last decade. What are the causes of this disturbing trend and how can the problem be reduced?
The graph below shows the sales of children's books, adult fiction and educational books between 2002 and 2006 in one country. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Children's books Adult fiction Educational books The sales of three different kinds of books between 2002 and 2006 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Million dollars
The bar chart illustrates how many children, divided by gender, played six kinds of sports (tennis, badminton, cycling, swimming, football and hockey) in a town in England in 2012
Some people think that parents should tell stories or read to their children. However, others believe that these days this isn't necessary as children have so many other sources for stories, such as books, comics and websites. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Q Some parents believe that their children should do educational activities during their free time. Others say that children are under pressure. Discuss both views and give your opinion
Some people believe hat all children should learn a foreign language from the time they start school, while others believe it is better to wait until a child is at secondary school. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Films can have an effect on children's education and teach them many things. Do you think it is always a positive influence?
In the last decade, there has been an increase in the number of variety of online courses available to adults. While welcomed as a great opportunity by many students, other student see these courses as a poor substitute for classroom teaching. What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying an online course.
Some people think that video games can help children to develop a wide range of skills, while others believe that video games have a negative impact on children. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Schools should concentrate on teaching students the academic subjects that will be useful for their future careers. Subjects such as music and sports are not useful. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Some people believe that the experiences children have before they go to school will have the greatest effect on their future life. Others argue that experiences gained when they are teenagers have a bigger influence. Discuss both views and give your own opinions.
Some parents do not vaccinate their children but others prefer to do it. Do you think children should be vaccinated?