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Some people say in all levels of English from primary schools to universities tomuch time is spent on learning facts and not enough on learning practical skills. Do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays
education
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 in Russia is stuck with an existential problem about
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the benefits
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 of practical skills in
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 with theoretical knowledge. Having studied
in
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at
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 university, I cannot ignore the fact that I felt
lack
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a lack
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 of practical experience
,
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 when I started my career. But, as for me, both sides of
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education
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the education
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 process are important
,
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 and should be given in balance.
It’s
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 true that
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theoretical
education
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 is a basement of
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real knowledge. Working hard, sometimes you cannot pay
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proper attention to self-
education
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, and you have to waste more and more time to, like Alice in Wonderland, just staying
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 place.
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, you might miss some well-known facts.
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, sometimes
it’s
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 difficult to achieve a strong and systematic point of view for a curious problem,
while
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 teachers from primary schools up to university could provide you with a working model of the issue structure, which, possibly, is applicable to
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 that. Unfortunately,
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 difficult
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 with the fact, that
education
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 in Russia struggles with challenging problems. From my point of
view
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view,
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 the major one relates
with
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to
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 teachers. Sometimes, the teachers don’t know about modern changes in science.
Although
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the
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theoretical
education
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 is important,
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education
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 without
practical
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practicality
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 is like a car’s engine without wheels,
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 useless.
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, having worked
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“in a field” for
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a year
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 or two in
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parallel
for
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with
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 university,
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the student
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student
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students
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 can get practical wisdom
in addition
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 to theoretical skills. To summarize, both
practical
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the practical
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 and theoretical
side
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sides
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 of
education
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 are important.
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one
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the one
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 hand, good theory allows you to distinguish a correct solution when you don’t have
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experience. But
in
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other
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the other
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 hand, sometimes you can waste a month to resolve an issue, which has been solved
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 and dozen times by
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other
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 people. Only
having
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by having
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 both knowledge and skills, you can achieve
a
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seniority in your sphere of interest.

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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.

Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • theoretical knowledge
  • practical application
  • memorizing facts
  • understanding
  • apply knowledge
  • job market
  • rote memorization
  • experiential learning
  • creativity
  • critical thinking
  • problem-solving abilities
  • practical-focused curriculum
  • foundational knowledge
  • deeper understanding
  • innovation
  • diverse learning styles
  • educational system
  • adapt
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