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Some parents believe that extra private lessons outside school hours, where students work alone with a teacher, can help them do better at school. Others disagree. What are the advantages and disadvantages of private tuition?

Private tutoring services during off-
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 hours, where
students
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 receive
one-on-one
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one-on-one,
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 tailored
lessons
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, have gained popularity among some parents, given the promising results of those
lessons
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 improving
students
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’ academic performance at
school
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.
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, other parents hold different opinions about the positive effects of
such
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 tutoring
sessions
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due to
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 their remarkable disadvantages. Private tutoring outside of
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 hours can bring various benefits to
students
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’ learning outcomes.
Firstly
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, extra hours of learning in
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private
lessons
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 can strengthen
students
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’ pre-existing understanding of acquired
knowledge
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 with more practice. Those tutoring
sessions
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 usually allow
students
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 to apply the
knowledge
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 they acquired at
school
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 in more scenarios
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 additional practice questions or tasks, making the
knowledge
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 more memorable and accessible with better long-term retention of the information.
Secondly
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,
students
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 tend to access new learning techniques from their private tutors, which can enhance
students
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’ learning efficiency and productivity that can be applied to all learning environments
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 the
school
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.
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, the disadvantages of private tuition
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students
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’ wellbeing and learning motivation are
also
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 very profound. Not only does it significantly reduce the leisure time that the
students
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 originally can enjoy without the private
lessons
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, which increases physical and mental stress and burden eventually leading to worsened wellbeing, but it is
also
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 very likely that the availability of private tutoring reduces
students
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’ motivation of learning at
school
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, as they feel that they have the backup learning method, where the private tutors are seen as the substitutive figure of
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 teachers who are able to provide the same
knowledge
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that is
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 necessary for the
students
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 to learn at
school
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.
Accordingly
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, the
students
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 may refuse to engage with the learning materials with the amount of effort they are supposed to exert in
school
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 settings.
As a result
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, the
students
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 fail to accumulate critical
knowledge
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that is
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 supposed to be strengthened in the tutoring
sessions
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, which makes the tutoring
sessions
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 unable to
fulfill
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 their original purpose of “bettering”
at-
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in-school
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school
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 studying and simply
bring
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brings
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 more financial burden on the parents. In conclusion, private tutoring
lessons
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 can be highly beneficial to
students
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’ studies, but their risks to
students
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’ wellbeing and motivation can
also
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 prevent the benefits from being
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.

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structure
Plan your essay. Use 2 body parts; say one pro and one con; end with your view.
coherence
Use link words to show flow, like 'also', 'but', 'so' etc.
content
Give small facts or examples to back each point.
grammar
Keep long ideas short. Use simple words.
task response
Shows both sides and has a clear closing thought.
coherence
Some good links and clear aims.
Your opinion

Don’t put your opinion unless you are asked to give it.

If the question asks what you think, you MUST give your opinion to get a good score.

Don’t leave your opinion until the conclusion.

Here are examples of instructions that require you to give your opinion:

...do you agree or disagree?...do you think...?...your opinion...?

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • personalized attention
  • tailor teaching methods
  • learning style
  • address specific areas of weakness
  • positive reinforcement
  • academic performance
  • flexible scheduling
  • financial strain
  • socioeconomic disparities
  • over-reliance
  • independent study skills
  • over-scheduling
  • increased stress
  • reduced leisure time
  • development and well-being
  • unjustly
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