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It has been said that reading for pleasure is better in developing imagination and language skills than watching TV. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Nowadays, public debate has been going on over whether reading for pleasure is better for developing
imagination
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 and
language
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 skills than watching
TV
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. Some believe that reading is more beneficial for those who want to spend their free
time
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 developing new skills or learning a new
language
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, while others say that watching
TV
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 has the same impact as reading
books
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 on your
imagination
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 and cognitive skills.
To begin
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 with, I believe that reading
books
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 is more useful than watching
TV
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 in your spare
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.
Books
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, especially classic ones, are pieces of art that have stood the trial of
time
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,
thus
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 they are as valuable today as they were the day they were written. Meaning, reading
books
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 can wider readers' perspectives of the world and its history.
In addition
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, reading
books
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 with a lot of different characters encourages readers to create an image of the characters,
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 stimulating their
imagination
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, rather than watching the already-created portrait of the character on the screen.
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, reading
books
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 in a foreign
language
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 can be helpful in learning it. In most cases, writers use classical
language
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 which means there is no slang or grammatical mistakes that could affect the reader’s learning process.
On the other hand
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, there are people that promote watching
TV
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 as an instrument
that is
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 as useful as reading
books
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. They claim that watching
TV
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 can help people learn a new
language
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 by hearing it and it might be easier than reading
books
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, because of the visual representation of what is said.
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,
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-watching lovers tend to believe that watching
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 takes up less
time
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 than reading and lets watchers relax while images on the screen stipulate the part of the brain
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 responsible for
creativeness
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. Meaning, that by watching
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 people can relax and rest more than while reading a book, but at the same
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 triggering sensors in the creative part of the brain. In conclusion, watching
TV
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 and reading
books
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 are popular ways to spend free
time
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. Though it is said that watching
TV
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 develops a person's
imagination
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, I believe reading
books
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 is more beneficial for your cognitive skill development due to its complicated nature.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • imagination
  • language skills
  • active engagement
  • creativity
  • vocabulary
  • language usage
  • passive
  • simplified
  • dialogue
  • depth
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