Some people say that you can learn more about another country by watching television programmes and films about it than by actually visiting it. How true is this statement? Is there anything you can learn about another country by visiting it that cannot learn by watching programmes and films about it? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience.

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As more shows and movies are now able to allow us to gain an insight into different cultures and customs, some might claim that we can understand more about the

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outside simply by watching it on TV. While it might be true in some true in some cases, I believe that there

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a range of unexplored corners of the Earth that could never be seen on any television programmes. From my viewpoint, I can understand why some people point to the view that television programmes and films is a vital source of information about another country. In today’s fast-growing

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, the majority of nations and regions all want to introduce their various lifestyles and traditions to the whole

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in order to develop the tourist industry and generate more revenue from it.

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, hundreds of reality shows and documentaries about a specific community or region are broadcast on a regular basis, which hopefully catches the attention of as many international tourists as possible.

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, I have learned about Carnival festivals which are celebrated annually in South

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American

countries thanks to lots of televised programmes.

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, I believe that no matter how many shows we watch on TV, there are many remote hidden parts of the

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that human beings are still clueless about, ranging from the eastern peninsula of Russia to the

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’s oldest desert Namib. Due to the harsh climate and uninhabitable environment,

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places remain unaffected from the rest of the

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, which means that an average viewer will never be able to know anything about those remote areas.

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, avid travellers in these cases can obtain a better understanding of the far-flung destinations where they are going to explore or study. A family,

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, reported that they had become more knowledgeable and been able to live comfortably in nature thanks to their stay with an Amazon tribe. In conclusion, it seems to me that television can help us all to know about the wider

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world, but

there are still undiscovered secrets that haven’t been published on

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important public service.

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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: 6.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 6.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 5.0

Complete response

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Relevant & specific examples

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