CHỮA ĐỀ THI THẬT BAND 8.0+ IELTS WRITING TASK 2 NGÀY 18/03/2023

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Written by: Xuân Phi, 21/03/2023

Supported by: Ex-BC Examiner, 22/03/2023

Question: The increasing use of computers and mobile phones has had a negative effect on young people’s reading and writing skills. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

 (IELTS Academic – 18/03/2023)

ANSWER (8.0+):

It is observed that the tendency of the young to utilize computers and smartphones exerts an adverse impact on their literacy skills. I mostly disagree with this notion since it provides useful tools and access to a wide range of materials although it can give rise to their overreliance on digital devices.

The first justification for my disagreement is that digital devices enable youth to utilize specialized tools to improve their writing skills. This is because many word processing and writing applications available on computers and mobile phones offer features such as spell-check and grammar correction, which can help young people enhance the quality of their essays and reports. For instance, Grammarly, a writing assistant app, helps users to identify and correct errors in their writing as well as provide suggestions for sentence structure, vocabulary choice and tone improving the accuracy and readability of their writing.

Another reason is that youngsters can easily access diverse reading materials. More specifically, the internet offers a vast array of written sources, including news articles, blogs and online books. This can provide young people with access to diverse writing styles, genres and perspectives, which can help improve their literacy skills. To illustrate, besides their textbooks, young students can also read e-books and online news on their computer to gain a deeper insight into gender equality, thus they can write more convincing essays on this issue.

However, the over-dependence on technological devices can detrimentally affect young people’s literacy skills to some degree. With the prevalence of autocorrect functions on computers and mobile phones, young people may not be as motivated to learn the correct spelling and grammar. As a result, they may become overly reliant on these functions, leading to weaker confidence in their writing skills.

In conclusion, I somewhat maintain that young people’s literacy skills can be significantly boosted by the universal use of computers and mobile phones due to the prevalence of helpful tools and a variety of materials, though this can lead to them becoming over-dependent on electronic devices which can stunt their learning. It is advisable that the young should use these devices on a regular basis but regulate the amount of time using them to increase their writing and reading expertise.

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