Children today spend more time watching television than they did in the past. Describe some of the advantages and disadvantages of television for children.

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Today, most children in the world grow up with

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has both advantages and disadvantages. Children can learn many interesting and valuable things from

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. There are programs that are designed specifically to teach young people. Some of them reinforce skills that children need for reading.

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, they might help children learn to read letters and common words. Or they might have actors reading or telling stories. Other programs teach children fascinating facts about the natural world or about life in other countries or about other interesting things. Through programs

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as these, children can be exposed to information that they might not learn

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. Often, I have seen children become excited about subjects they

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heard about on

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. They

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go on to seek out books and other sources of information about these subjects.

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drawbacks to

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. For one thing, watching

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is a passive activity. Children don't participate in

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programs. They don't ask questions or tell their own opinions or choose what to do

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. They passively receive the information or entertainment they are given. Watching

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physically inactive. When children spend too much time watching

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, they don't spend enough time running and playing actively.

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, there are a lot of programs on

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that are inappropriate for children, but children can still see them.

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can be confusing and scary for some. There are both good and bad sides to

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. One thing,

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, is always true: too much of anything is never good.

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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: 4.0

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: 9.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 4.0

Complete response

Clear & comprehensive ideas

Relevant & specific examples

Appropriate word count

4 paragraphs

262 words

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Topic Vocabulary:

educational programs
diverse cultures
entertainment options
language skills
critical thinking
social awareness
shared experience
sedentary lifestyle
inappropriate content
academic performance
attention problems
social skills
commercial influence
addiction

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