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People now have the freedom to work and live anywhere in the world due to the development of communication technology and transportation. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

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In recent years, there has been enormous advancement occurs in the field of communication and transportation. Now people have the liberty to work and live anywhere in the world. In my opinion, because of
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 technological advancement, there are more benefits than drawbacks. One of the most noteworthy
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advantages
 because of development in latest technology is that, it shortened the communication gap. There is no restriction for anyone to be present in
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office
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the office
 all the time to complete their work
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, Skype and other applications make it easy to connect to anyone in
the world just within
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the world within just
 seconds.
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 to
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, there is no need of physical
office
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 remains now. With the increase of prices in rent, one can easily save significant money by using
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advanced
 technology and get rid of
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a physical office
office
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, there are some negative aspects to
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 development as well.
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If
 there is no physical
office
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 there, employees are not able to meet each other in person. Due to
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, they are not able to understand each other better and it will affect their work.
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, employees eventually lack confidence while using other means of communications
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 talking
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 to
face
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. Research done by Sweden university students shows that people who use Social networking site more
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introduces an alternative
or
 less confident than others who communicate with people
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 to
face
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. To conclude, despite some drawbacks of using
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advanced
 technology as lack of confidence among workers there are still humongous advantages for
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 advance development. It shortened the communication gap and can save a lot of money. In my belief, there are more positive of
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 trend than negative.

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Answer the 'Advantages and Disadvantages' topic

IELTS advantages and disadvantages questions normally give you a statement and ask you to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of that statement.

Answer structure for the type of essay

  • Introduction
  • Body paragraph 1 – advantages
  • Body paragraph 2 – disadvantages
  • Conclusion

Examples to start your body paragraph:

  • The main advantage is...
  • The disadvantage of this...
  • The main benefit...
  • Despite these advantages...
  • One possible drawback...

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • communication technology
  • transportation
  • advantages
  • disadvantages
  • freedom
  • work and live
  • development
  • increased job opportunities
  • flexibility
  • work-life balance
  • cultural exposure
  • diversity
  • economic growth
  • globalization
  • social isolation
  • loneliness
  • loss of community
  • sense of belonging
  • expensive cost of living
  • housing
  • strain on infrastructure
  • resources
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