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IELTS General Training Volume 1

IELTS General Training Volume 1

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  • Published on: 06 Jan 2017
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Writing task 1

You have just moved into a new home and are planning to hold a party. You are worried that the noise may disturb your neighbour.

Write a letter to your neighbour. In your letter

introduce yourself

describe your plans for the party

invite your neighbour to come

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

You should write at least 150 words.

Writing task 1

Writing task 2

Write about the following topic.

Using a computer every day can have more negative than positive effects on your children.

Do you agree or disagree?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

You should write at least 250 words.

Writing task 2

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Cata

There is an increasing debate whereas the daily use of computer may have positive or negative effects on childs. I find myself more inclined into the second premisse.

In modern times, children come to this world almost knowing how to use electronic devices. And it has been potencialized by the recent pandemic situation. Nowadays, and (in some cases) for two years now, most of the kids have been doing homeschooling. They have been attending to classes and sharing with other students over videocalls, through the computer. So it means that everyday they spend three, four or five hours in front of the computer.

From my point of view, this has several consequences into children growth and development. The first negative impact I think would be important to highlight is on their sight. It is not advisable for them to be so much time looking at a device, not ever but most important not know that they are still at growing ages and so their body and perception of the senses.

Another reason why I think it is not the best option to expose kids to a regular use of a computer is because it may become an addiction and might create a separation from real life, real connections. I have seen lots of cases of children that because of spending so much time contemplating those sightfull and artificial colours on the screen, they get enchanted and then they do not want to go out there to play. In the same direction of these is the fact that they have so much enterteinment on one single device that it becomes not tempting for them to go out playing with other kids or even play games, with toys. So at least, it may affect their abbility to socialize and cultivate their creative side.

To sum up, besides it is common nowadays for kids to spend some daily time in front of computers, I believe it is no good for a healthy growing nor the development of social skills.

Cata

Dear Mr Mulligan,

I am Jean, your new neighbour, and I am writing this letter to let you know that I will be hosting a welcome party next Saturday and I hope it will not be a problem for you.

As I already express, my name is Jean, Jean Parker. I am thirty years old and I moved to this neighbourhood last week. I came here because it is closer to my job. I am working in the centre coffee shop, called 'Oh lala', as a cashier.

In regards of the reason why I am writing this letter, I would say that as I am new, I would appreciate making a good first impression. Therefore, I feel in the obligation to inform you that I will be doing some unusual noise and I really hope it does not bother you. The party I am throwing will be outside, a pool party, during the day. And a friend of mine is a Dj so he will be playing some live music.

I do not know if it suits you, but I will be more than pleased if you and your partner decide to join us. In fact, I think it would be a great opportunity for us to talk and spend some time getting to know each other better.

I will be waiting for your answer.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Catalina Albamonte

BASSAM

These days, the computer became a compulsory tool for children, either at home or at school. The truth to say, computer became part of our life. Hence of that truth, several issues and problems appeared to the surface. one of those issues is the effects resulting from using computers by our children.

based on some studies and investigations, the way of using a computer could draw the life of children either positive or negative. One of that investigations put several questions, what the children used the computer for?, which time the children are using the computer?, for how long they are using the computer?, do the children use the computer alone or in front of their parents, and why? also other questions. Based on the answer to the above questions, the investigation reached to several results. For example, if the children use the computer for the game - specially an action game, that will affect of the behavior of children in some way so they will become more violent with their friends and even with their brothers or sisters. If the children use the computer at night and for long time, they will lose the natural ability of sleeping, and that will affect badly of their school attendance because it will be very difficult for them to wake up early. If the children use the computer alone without any supervisor from their parents, they will be easy to become victim for bad people in the internet.

finally, I agreed on the investigation final summary, as it reached that using of computer could have positive effects when the parent supervised their children. it means the parent controls the time, content, and organize the using way of the computer by their children.

BASSAM

Dear Neighbor:

I'm Mr Ali, your new neighbor that has already converted to the Villa number 10, which is located in the opposite side of your villa.

I'm writing this email to you to express my apologize for the noise that happened in the last 4 days, cause we transfer our furniture from the old house to this villa. We are again sorry for the noise and trouble which happened as a result of the trucks, workers, and drilling.

By the way, in order to express our happiness to convert to this new villa, we plan to make a party in the next Saturday evening, thus, we will invite some relatives and some friends to attend this party. We are very glad to take the opportunity to invite you and your family to attend this party, where there will be drinks and food, at the same time we can know each other from near.

Thanks, waiting for your kind reply.

your neighbor

Mr ali

Hawre

The use of Computers have created various arguments among people especially regading the duration and amount of manupulating this crucial device, and when it comes to children, the arguments are in their most heated manners.

Of cousrse, when it comes to the good and bad effects of using computers on childeren, everyone has something to say, wether it be for education or solely for the purpose of gaming and etertainment, the latter which is interpreted by most, as a wast of their childeren's valuable time.

Some people believe that, the use of computers by childeren should be purely for the purpose of learning and under strict usage scheduales, anything morethan that which, should be considered as adverse effects, interms of childern's well being.

Others agree that, the use of computers by childeren shoud not be confined only to learning, but rather be a source of intertainment as well so that the child can spend time playing under the radar of their parents rather than being out away from thier eyes and not knwoing what might happen to them while they are away from their sight. Such parents also mostly take into account the time that their kids spend under a screen.

In my point of view, I agree that computers do more harm than they do goods to childeren especially when used for prolonged period of time, and in fact there are many scientific proofs that claim the harmfull effets of staring at a screen interms of reducing physical activities and incrasing the numbers of couch-potatoes around the world.

Gina
Anonymous

Are children adversely effected by daily usage of computers? In this essay we are going to explore the impact of computer usage on children and discuss both sides of the coin.

Using computers greatly affects the attention capability of children. Scientists from Department of Child Psychology at University of Chicago studied 600 children (aged 5 to 13 years) for six months. They concluded that the children who used computers more than four times a week exhibited problems in focusing on rudimentary tasks such as reading and listening. But there are more aspects to consider.

Computer games help children in development of their cognitive abilities. Games such as Find the Ralph aid children in improving their memory, while games like Match the Color allows children to relate abstract concepts with important daily life actions. In fact, game developers routinely work with child psychologists to create games that aren't just fun for kids, but also help them learn during these crucial years.

While some parents might claim that using computers is a waste of time, research has proved otherwise. Researchers from University of Skardu studied computer usage patterns of children and infered that compared to textbook learning, children can learn concepts twice as fast with the help of computers. Contrary to the popular belief, using computers can actually help save time by accelerating the learning process.

The effect of computer usage on children greatly depends on the sort of content they consume. While there are plenty of fun learning exercises on the internet tailored for children, there is also an abundance of easily accessible harmful content. A child activity on computer screen should always be closely monitored by their parent, and parents should install parental control software to ensure that children are out of the harm's way.

Using computers daily sure has some side-effects, but the benefits out-weigh the risks. When children are consuming appropriate learning content under parental supervision, they exhibit signs of improved cognition and learn concepts much quicker compared to traditional learning approaches.

Vineet

Some people assert that using a computer every day can have detrimental effects on our children. I disagree with this point of view as I believe that there is no harm in that considering most of the educational work in today's age is being done using computer only. In this essay, I will elucidate my belief with supporting facts and examples.

There is no problem in the usage of the computer every day considering that it is being used for the productive purpose and under the close supervision of the parents. For example all the schools across the globe were shutdown due to the pandemic situation last year. Due to this, the only option available was to teach the students online using the computers. So, the classes of the students were virtually created online for each subject and all the academic studies were done online. So, the student spent several hours everyday to attend the classes. Also, the daily homework is done on the computer only, so it has eventually increased the capability of the children to effectively use the computer and learned more of its features everyday.

However, it is observed that many children are excessively using the computer to play online video games, streaming videos etc. if the computer is being used excessively especially for such negative purposes, then it requires the utmost attention of the parents and they should immediately refrain their children from it and politely explain its detrimental effects to their children. Instead the parents should indulge their children into other activities like indoor games, outdoor games, exercise, family bonding, entertainment etc.

In conclusion, there is no harm for children in using the computer everyday provided it is being used for rightful purpose only.

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