Some university students want to learn about other subjects in addition to their main subjects. Others believe it is more important to give all their time and attention to studying for a qualification. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Opinions differ regarding
study
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the study
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additional
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of additional
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subjects
alongside their primary academic focus.
While
a group of
students
attend to acquire knowledge in all
subjects
, there is another group of
students
who prefer to focus and spend all their
time
just on
own
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their own
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subject to get a specific qualification.
This
essay agrees that learning many
subjects
will broaden
students
mind
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and have many benefits for
students
. Some
of
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students
at universities like to follow different courses not only
relates
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related
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to their
subjects
but
also
in
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to
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other field
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another field
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of
study
.
This
is
due to
the fact that having information in many
subjects
helps the pupils to be creative, have the ability to
problem solving
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problem-solving
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and critical thinking or
time
management in their life and jobs.
For example
, a process
engineers
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engineer
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who has the ability of simulation and programming can easily create their model without needing to
computers
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student,
subsequently
save
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saving
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more
time
instead
of
waste
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wasting
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time
on
transfer
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transferring
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her idea to someone else in order to apply.
On the other hand
,
There
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there
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is a group who wishes to
study
strictly
on
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in
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their own program to be more experienced in that field. Since
for
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apply
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some
students
studying many
subjects
together may lead to distraction from the main point,
instead
they prefer to go
in depth
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in-depth
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knowledge with their subject and gain more experience on that.
For
instance
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instance,
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a student who
study
to become a
chief
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chef
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could be more successful if
allocate
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allocates
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hie
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his or her
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time
and
focus
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focuses
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on
food
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the food
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quality that he/
she
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or she
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serves. In conclusion
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,
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However
, student by spending most of
the
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their
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time
on their own major may help them to become expertise in that, but
students
can broaden
the
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their
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horizon of thinking
with
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by
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joining
in
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apply
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many subject courses and
develop
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developing
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quicky
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quickly
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in their own
filed
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field
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.
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coherence cohesion
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  • Can’t speak smoothly without pauses.
  • Use simple words and lack vocabulary.
  • Feel nervous and anxious when speaking.
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  • Recognition
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  • Exploring
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