Television cannot replace the book as a learning tool, which is why children are less well educated today. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

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capacity? Are they less educated than
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generation because of
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? I do not
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. In
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essay, I will outline reasons to support my opinion and explain my point of view.
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with, after
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of
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, education has been trying to embrace tech tools aiming to diversify the way of studying. To illustrate
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, one case in point would be my father, as a teacher, has noticed that primary school children were having access to smartphones, already.
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, since those machines are constantly present
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daily life, allying them to methods of teaching
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an attempt to turn
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activity more interesting to generation alpha kids, who are born knowing how to call Siri and ask anything they need. In stark
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contrast
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, I do believe
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using
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associated with reading would assist toddlers
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learning
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process,
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phenomenon is not an excuse to transform
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a sort of surrogate book. Quoting one of RuPaul's Drag Race most iconic phrases, reading is fundamental. As an active action, picking a book and reading it stimulate brain areas and connections profoundly, leading information to long-term memory more effectively than in movie viewers, who relish
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passive action. Indeed,
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cannot replace books, and,
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, books cannot replace
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. I do not consider today's children schooling system deficient comparing to boomers' education at their time. In conclusion,
television
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and books cannot replace one another, and kids are not less educated today than generations before,
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, the benefits of using those elements together outweigh the benefits of using them individually.
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

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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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