In many countries students take a year off after finishing school and work or travel during this period. Should students take a gap year before attending universities? What are the advantages and disadvantages of it?
Nowadays, a new trend is followed by youngsters in many different countries, they tend to take a gap year before going to universities, eighter to explore the world or to work part-time.
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approach helps them to organise their thought and gives them time to decide what they want to do after school. Linking Words
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approach, students tend to lose their concentration.
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with, taking a year off helps them to understand themselves and the world in a much better way. Working after school gives you a general idea about recent technologies and help you understand what skill is needed for landing a successful job. Linking Words
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, a recent survey showed that most school-going students do not have a clue what skills are in demand, they just follow their upperclassmen and pick a course based on limited knowledge. Linking Words
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, they are stuck with courses/skills that are not required in the market at present.
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, being out of touch with books for a long period of time can lead to low concentration. Linking Words
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covid-19 situation colleges were closed, exams were cancelled and students were forced to stay at home. Most scholars took it as a vacation and stopped studying for a duration of 1 year. So now when everything is going back to normal they are no longer able to concentrate on their studies.
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approach, but the advantages outways the disadvantages. Even if they lose their concentration they can still build it up but once they chose the wrong course they are stuck with it.Linking Words
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Answer the 'Advantages and Disadvantages' topic
IELTS advantages and disadvantages questions normally give you a statement and ask you to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of that statement.
Answer structure for the type of essay
- Introduction
- Body paragraph 1 – advantages
- Body paragraph 2 – disadvantages
- Conclusion
Examples to start your body paragraph:
- The main advantage is...
- The disadvantage of this...
- The main benefit...
- Despite these advantages...
- One possible drawback...