Too much emphasis is placed on testing these days. The need to prepare for tests and examinations is a restriction on teachers and also exerts unnecessary pressure on young learners. To what extent do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think might be effective? Provide reasons for your answer. Include relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

For many people interested in studying abroad, one of the

first

problems they face is obtaining a

visa

to enter the

country

and, in many situations, the procedure is time-consuming and frustrating.

As a result

, there is a clear case for making

visa

applications less stringent.

However

, there is

also

a potential for abuse if the system was made more lenient, and both of these opinions need to be considered. In support of simplifying the

visa

-application procedure, it must be remembered that obtaining a

visa

is one of the

first

steps towards studying in a foreign

country

. If

this

process is

difficult

Accept comma addition

difficult, then

then

it reflects poorly on the

country

the student is intending to go to.

Moreover

, once in the

country

, students often find it less problematic to use the services of an immigration agent, to whom they surrender their passports and pay sometimes phenomenal sums of money. In the same way,

this

again reflects poorly on the host

country

. Yet there is a point of view that suggests

visa

regulations should remain as they are, or even become stricter. It is inevitable that once a developed

country

opens its door to students, there will be some who exploit the opportunity without any intention of fulfilling the study requirements of their

visa

. To conclude, perhaps the best solution would be to allow the schools, colleges and universities that attract international students to have greater control over those students that do arrive in a

country

.

This

would allow the institutions themselves to police the students while being overseen by the Immigration Service itself.