This is an IELTS writing task 2 sample answer on the topic of online materials from the real IELTS test/exam.
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IELTS writing Task 2 Sample Answers
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IELTS Writing Task 2 Sample Answer: Online Materials (Real Past IELTS Tests/Exams)
Many people feel that students should learn from online materials while others feel that it is better to use printed materials.
Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Real Past IELTS Tests
There have been recent calls for schools to phase out printed materials and take better advantage of online resources. Although printed materials enable important cognitive returns, schools should adopt online materials almost exclusively to protect the environment.
Printed materials encourage children to develop good thinking habits. Children and teenagers will of course spend an outsized amount of time on the internet, through smartphones and computers, as they grow up. This not only impacts their attention span and brain chemistry but also makes them susceptible to worryingly unreliable online information. Printed materials, on the other hand, are written by well-regarded authors, thoroughly researched, and students cannot get distracted by the lures of the internet while reading a physical book.
Nonetheless, online materials present an opportunity to protect the world’s trees at a time when they are under great threat. Take the typical lifecyle of a school’s coursebooks for example. Hundreds of students in a single grade are given a dozen books for various subjects every year. The books tend to be reused for several years but they later must be replaced with newer editions, necessitating more trees be cut down. Using online materials does not entail the same level of environmental costs. Textbooks can be easily updated and no trees have to be chopped down to create the devices in the first place. Over time, this will have a dramatic impact on tree populations around the globe and help mitigate the looming damage of climate change.
In conclusion, administrators should make every effort to replace the outdated medium of paper with their electronic equivalent. This is merely one step, but a still crucial one, in saving the earth from imminent catastrophe.
Analysis
1. There have been recent calls for schools to phase out printed materials and take better advantage of online resources. 2. Although printed materials enable important cognitive returns, schools should adopt online materials almost exclusively to protect the environment.
- Write the topic for the whole essay.
- Give your opinion – make it 100% clear.
1. Printed materials encourage children to develop good thinking habits. 2. Children and teenagers will of course spend an outsized amount of time on the internet, through smartphones and computers, as they grow up. 3. This not only impacts their attention span and brain chemistry but also makes them susceptible to worryingly unreliable online information. 4. Printed materials, on the other hand, are written by well-regarded authors, thoroughly researched, and students cannot get distracted by the lures of the internet while reading a physical book.
- Write a topic sentence with the main idea at the end of the sentence.
- Begin to develop your main idea with specific examples/support.
- Continue with the same main idea. Don’t switch. Develop it specifically.
- Draw conclusions/conclude your paragraph.
1. Nonetheless, online materials present an opportunity to protect the world’s trees at a time when they are under great threat. 2. Take the typical lifecyle of a school’s coursebooks for example. 3. Hundreds of students in a single grade are given a dozen books for various subjects every year. 4. The books tend to be reused for several years but they later must be replaced with newer editions, necessitating more trees be cut down. 5. Using online materials does not entail the same level of environmental costs. 6. Textbooks can be easily updated and no trees have to be chopped down to create the devices in the first place. 7. Over time, this will have a dramatic impact on tree populations around the globe and help mitigate the looming damage of climate change.
- Write another topic sentence with a new main idea.
- Begin a specfic example.
- Start developing the example.
- Add as much detail to your example as possible.
- I compare the example of physical books with online ones in this sentence.
- The more detail the better!
- Conclude your paragraph by talking about the result and tieing it back to your main idea.
1. In conclusion, administrators should make every effort to replace the outdated medium of paper with their electronic equivalent. 2. This is merely one step, but a still crucial one, in saving the earth from imminent catastrophe.
- Repeat your opinion.
- Add an extra detail/final thought.
Vocabulary
Figure out what the words in bold below mean:
There have been recent calls for schools to phase out printed materials and take better advantage of online resources. Although printed materials enable important cognitive returns, schools should adopt online materials almost exclusively to protect the environment.
Printed materials encourage children to develop good thinking habits. Children and teenagers will of course spend an outsized amount of time on the internet, through smartphones and computers, as they grow up. This not only impacts their attention span and brain chemistry but also makes them susceptible to worryingly unreliable online information. Printed materials, on the other hand, are written by well-regarded authors, thoroughly researched, and students cannot get distracted by the lures of the internet while reading a physical book.
Nonetheless, online materials present an opportunity to protect the world’s trees at a time when they are under great threat. Take the typical lifecyle of a school’s coursebooks for example. Hundreds of students in a single grade are given a dozen books for various subjects every year. The books tend to be reused for several years but they later must be replaced with newer editions, necessitating more trees be cut down. Using online materials does not entail the same level of environmental costs. Textbooks can be easily updated and no trees have to be chopped down to create the devices in the first place. Over time, this will have a dramatic impact on tree populations around the globe and help mitigate the looming damage of climate change.
In conclusion, administrators should make every effort to replace the outdated medium of paper with their electronic equivalent. This is merely one step, but a still crucial one, in saving the earth from imminent catastrophe.
Answers
recent calls demands
phase out get rid of
take better advantage use more often
enable allow for/encourage
cognitive returns benefits for the brain
adopt begin to use
exclusively entirely
outsized too large
attention span the amount of time you can focus on one thing
brain chemistry how your brain works
susceptible vulnerable to
worryingly unreliable can’t be trusted
on the other hand however
well-regarded authors good writiers
thoroughly researched checked completely
distracted pulled away from
lures something to tempt you away
nonetheless regardless
present an opportunity gives the chance to
under great threat disappearing
lifecyle full life of
grade class
dozen 12
reused used again
newer editions more recent copies
necessitating requiring
cut down chop down
entail require
chopped down cut down
in the first place to begin with
mitigate lessens the impact of
looming damage upcoming hurt
administrators those in charge
make every effort try hard
outdated medium of paper antiquated books
electronic equivalent new technology
merely only
crucial important
imminent catastrophe coming disaster
Pronunciation
ˈriːsnt kɔːlz
feɪz aʊt
teɪk ˈbɛtər ədˈvɑːntɪʤ
ɪˈneɪbl
ˈkɒgnɪtɪv rɪˈtɜːnz
əˈdɒpt
ɪksˈkluːsɪvli
ˈaʊtsaɪzd
əˈtɛnʃ(ə)n spæn
breɪn ˈkɛmɪstri
səˈsɛptəbl
ˈwʌriɪŋli ˌʌnrɪˈlaɪəbl
ɒn ði ˈʌðə hænd
wɛl-rɪˈgɑːdɪd ˈɔːθəz
ˈθʌrəli rɪˈsɜːʧt
dɪsˈtræktɪd
ljʊəz
ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs
ˈprɛznt ən ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪti
ˈʌndə greɪt θrɛt
lifecyle
greɪd
ˈdʌzn
riːˈjuːzd
ˈnjuːər ɪˈdɪʃənz
nɪˈsɛsɪteɪtɪŋ
kʌt daʊn
ɪnˈteɪl
ʧɒpt daʊn
ɪn ðə fɜːst pleɪs
ˈmɪtɪgeɪt
ˈluːmɪŋ ˈdæmɪʤ
ədˈmɪnɪstreɪtəz
meɪk ˈɛvri ˈɛfət
aʊtˈdeɪtɪd ˈmiːdiəm ɒv ˈpeɪpə
ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪk ɪˈkwɪvələnt
ˈmɪəli
ˈkruːʃəl
ˈɪmɪnənt kəˈtæstrəfi
Listen and repeat:
Vocabulary Practice
Remember and fill in the blanks:
There have been ______________ for schools to ______________ printed materials and ______________ of online resources. Although printed materials ______________ important ______________, schools should ______________ online materials almost ______________ to protect the environment.
Printed materials encourage children to develop good thinking habits. Children and teenagers will of course spend an ______________ amount of time on the internet, through smartphones and computers, as they grow up. This not only impacts their ______________ and ______________ but also makes them ______________ to ______________ online information. Printed materials, ______________, are written by ______________, ______________, and students cannot get ______________ by the ______________ of the internet while reading a physical book.
______________, online materials ______________ to protect the world’s trees at a time when they are ______________. Take the typical ______________ of a school’s coursebooks for example. Hundreds of students in a single ______________ are given a ______________ books for various subjects every year. The books tend to be ______________ for several years but they later must be replaced with ______________, ______________ more trees be ______________. Using online materials does not ______________ the same level of environmental costs. Textbooks can be easily updated and no trees have to be ______________ to create the devices ______________. Over time, this will have a dramatic impact on tree populations around the globe and help ______________ the ______________ of climate change.
In conclusion, ______________ should ______________ to replace the ______________ with their ______________. This is ______________ one step, but a still ______________ one, in saving the earth from ______________.
Listen and check:
Listening Practice
Review the topic with the video below:
Actually you write 2 main idea in first body paragraph;:
1. Developing good thinking habits
2. Authors of printed material are well-regarded.
Am i right?
Not exactly. The reason I bring up well-regarded authors is to say that their materials are more reliable and can help develop better thinking habits.
So that is a supporting idea for the main idea.
Good analysis!
Thank you so much.
You’re very welcome!
Yes
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I hope so, Ripan! What do you need?