Write about the following topic: Internet social media have become very popular. To what extent do you think this is a good or bad thing? Why do you think this is the case? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

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Nowadays, human is living in a constantly evolving

world

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and social media becomes more common in the daily life of everyone. It has affected us in various ways, and in my opinion, there are both benefits and

drawbacks

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effects. There are many advantages of using social media,

first

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of all, it gives us instant access to news on almost any areas that we followed. Thanks to the Internet, people can easily update lots of information to social media so that everyone could approach news as fast as possible.

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, social media is more likely starting to replace other forms of entertainment as it is more beneficial. Not only that, internet, social media connects people around the

world

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and people can keep in touch with their friends,

families even

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families, even

if they are anywhere in the

world

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as long as they have access to the Internet.

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, misusing of social media could bring lots of drawbacks to the users. As many pages contain offensive content like violent or sexual images and it has a huge effect on people, especially young people.

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, the crime rate increasing rapidly,

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, they can use the Internet to steal people’s money.

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, parents find it difficult to control what their children see online because they do not always know who their children are chatting to. The abuse of social media

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has the result of isolating people and discouraging real interaction as many teenagers choose to make friends online

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of mixing with their peers in the real

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. In conclusion, social media has certainly revolutionised communication between people, but not all of the outcomes of

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revolution have been positive.

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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

Summary
Restatement of thesis
Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

In conclusion
To conclude
To summarize
Finally
In a nutshell
In general

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 6.0

Logical structure

Introduction & conclusion present

Supported main points

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 7.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 7.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 7.5

Complete response

7.5

Clear & comprehensive ideas

Relevant & specific examples

Appropriate word count

4 paragraphs

280 words

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