You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.Many people no longer read newspapers or watch TV news programmes. Instead they get news about the world from the Internet. Is this a positive or negative development?You should write at least 250 words.

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In
this
enlightened age, reading
news
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from
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newspaper
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or
while
watching TV has become unpopular among
people
.
Instead
, they get informed about the world owing to the
internet
. I think it will have a positive impact on citizens,
however
, the negative side is possible as well.
To begin
with, with the advent of the
Internet
,
the
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society may get
news
with ease. Saying thoroughly,
internet
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the internet
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is a platform where various
news
from diverse countries you can find and read.
Thus
, it allows you to be always connected with the world.
Moreover
, the
internet
has become so fast that within a few
seconds
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you receive plenty of information regarding the topic
searched
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for.
For instance
, my friend and I almost every day get fresh
news
from social sites
such
as Instagram,
Facebook
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and Facebook
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, to name just a few.
Hence
, the
Internet
might be considered as the best way to receive information from all over the world. On the flip side,
only
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reading
news
from
internet
source
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the public might get deceived as well without
noticing
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. To be more clear, nowadays scores of sites publish fake
news
and
people
especially the elderly who may have
lack
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a lack
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of knowledge in the
Internet
platform follow them.
Thus
, the
news
from newspapers or from TV is more reliable.
For example
, once I read on the
internet
that several
people
died
due to
earthquake
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an earthquake
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in Yerevan, but fortunately nobody died after the disaster. From my point of view,
internet
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has its pros and cons.To avoid fake
news
people
should only follow reliable and official
news
websites
such
as BBC or CNN. Taking everything into account, plenty of advantages
may
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the
internet
give human-being, regardless of some negative things. So, using the
internet
should be careful.
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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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