in many countries, people are now living longer than ever before. some people say an ageing population creates problems for government. other people think there are benefits if society has more elderly people. to what extent do the advantages of having an ageing population outweight the disadvantages?

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concerns in some nations. Some
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occasion beneficial to society, but others seem to not agree with elder society's advantageousness.
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, oldsters have been in various circumstances
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their lives and have gained tons of
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in each situation.
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are mainly wiser than youngsters. Their wisdom is
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they have achieved, so it is rare and priceless in any society. Their wisdom can help young generations prevent from falling into
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important disadvantage is that the majority of
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are retired and don't work. So, the number of young working force is so low, which means there
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much more pressure on youngsters.
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condition,
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have increased so the needs of the government can be met.
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, because of the fact that elders are not fertile, the range of fertility is much lesser, and in order to fill
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generation has to have expanded families, which leads to financial pressure on them.
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but not least, countries with more elderly
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have the most difficulties in
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situations like wars. Elder
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cannot fight or even keep themselves safe, so these countries can be easily attacked and the number of killed ones might be high which costs a lot for the government. Concludingly, there are lots of pros and cons for having more elderly
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, in my opinion, the disadvantages
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to have more kids and
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support them financially, so in some years the old generation
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youngsters
who are full of liveliness.
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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
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  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Ageing population
  • Healthcare systems
  • Pension costs
  • Workforce shortage
  • Intergenerational equity
  • Cultural knowledge
  • Wisdom
  • Interdependent
  • Economic implications
  • Policy adaptations
  • Retirement age
  • Elder care
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