IELTS WRITING TASK 2

QUESTION NO: 11.   As only a small percentage of people have interest in the arts, government funding for this is a waste of money. Spending this on health and education would be far more beneficial to society. To what extent do you agree?

Answer (Prepared by Netto for Camford Academy, Trivandrum)

Art is the finest form of humanistic expression bringing forth different emotions and feelings. Still, the number of people interested in it is less. In this context, state financing for the same has become a contentious issue. However, I am completely not in favour of channeling such funds to health and education because it would be non-existent and akin to killing artistic expressions.

Apparently, arts serve many a purpose in building up an ethical and value oriented fraternity as it is the rarest form that upholds humanistic values. Besides, art is a medium by that dissent against existing social set-up is successfully brought out which, in turn, brings in myriad social revolutions. Furthermore, arts can instill in a man with the fine attributes of being a man like fellow feeling, compassion, empathy etcetera. Such characteristics make a man uniquely different from animals by elevating human spirits to a glorified and virtuous height.

In spite of both education and health being prerequisite components for the development of a country, it would be fatal if the art is made a scapegoat for the same. Admittedly, education as well as health brings in a great deal of concrete and material growth while arts demonstrate abstract changes. Nevertheless, art, unlike education and health, is a tourism booster which creates enormous job prospects and thereby stabilizes the economy of a country. Louvre museum in Paris that showcases more than 0.4 million pieces of art is a case in point because it stands as an epitome for successful French tourism attracting a huge number of heterogeneous visitors enormously resulting in economic development.

To be crisp, despite education and health needing astute attention and sufficient funds, making it at the cost of arts will prove detrimental to a state. Therefore, it is the duty of a state to keep the arts alive so that more number of people would be interested in it. Or else, society will lose its human face.

IELTS WRITING TASK 2, Question No.10

As computers are being used more and more in education, there will be soon no role for teachers in the class room.  Discuss this and give your comments.

ANSWER (Prepared by Netto for Camford Academy, Trivandrum, Kerala)

                             Education is a journey to manifest one’s innate qualities. Admittedly, computers have made substantial transformations in teaching redefining the role of a teacher in a class room. Despite computers’ considerably reducing the role of a teacher, that the presence of a teacher creating huge amount of influence in a classroom cannot be substituted by it.

                             Tacitly, computer has created rapid strides effecting radical transformations in classroom teaching wherein the role of a teacher has been redefined.  Why such a thought has gained momentum in society is because it has admittedly succeeded in building up virtual classrooms without the active participation of a teacher.  As an illustration; an array of online sites offer classes on various subjects such as music and art regularly resulting in a beeline of visitors. Besides, well paced interactive module is a blessing by computer that makes students hooked to their target, which in turn has enhanced the learning so enjoyable and interesting.

However, can computers replace or undermine the role of a teacher in a class room?  Ostensibly, it looks too far from reality since machines cannot mix human feelings in the interaction. Class room management is one of the rudiments that make learning productive as well as attractive where a teacher can be an active player taking the full control of class room affair. In addition, a machine can only execute prerecorded instruction and facts where doubts and queries of a student will remain unattended to. On the other hand, a teacher can lend a human face to education by employing various teaching techniques such as eliciting, prompting and appreciating. To illustrate, one of my schoolmates, an average student, when prompted and appreciated by our class teacher, showed remarkable progress in his further studies.

To sum up, a teacher in a classroom, unlike the computer, exerts a great deal of influence on students. Despite computer’s executing modules flawlessly, it is not as valuable as a teacher in imparting flexibility and variety in classroom. Therefore, in my opinion, , in spite of the increasing use of computers, the role of a teacher in the learning process will here to stay with a slender periodical restructuring in it.

IELTS WRITING TASK 2 QUESTION NO.9

Sports have become an integral part of a growing society. Still some people feel that it disrupts the development of a nation whereas others think that it is very constructive for a nation. Discuss both the views and give your opinion. Add reasons and examples in your answer.

Answer (prepared by Netto for Camford Academy, Statue, Trivandrum)

Sport paves a platform which closely knits different fragmented societies into a single entity. Sports  besides being mesmirising leisure activity, have always been subjected to contrasting arguments  where a section of people rate it something that thwarts developmental prospects of a state and some feel it the otherway around for various reasons.

Various factors lead some section of people to believe that sports prove to be detrimental to a society. Firstly, the loss of productivity of people during a sporting event is a predominantly hampering effect as a large number of fans throng each playground by availing a day off from the work. Despite sport being a highly athletic activity for those who play it, watching it does not involve any physical action since it is passive for spectators. Consequently, it could lead to obesity which is a growing concern for every modern society. Thirdly, watching a game in a playground is sometimes too expensive to be afforded so that worse is the scenario when an unemployed becomes a sports fanatic. Cricket crazy fans in India who hardly miss a cricket match are a best case in this context, their meager daily earning notwithstanding.

However, it is counter argued by some that sports effect many a constructive and developmental process. Their ostensible claim is that international sporting events like Olympics is fostering universal brotherhood which envisages a new era devoid of conflicts and misunderstanding. In addition, sports played between countries encourage international co-operation easing out the escalating tensions between rival countries. As an illustration, cricket matches between India and Pakistan, the two rival countries have played significant part in building up bilateral relations encouraging trade and commerce between them. Furthermore, sports lay stress on the importance of being physically fit as well as develop a mentally stable generation. Above all, sport is considered to be a tourism booster that generates huge employment prospects and thereby becoming a major source of revenue for a state.

To sum up, in spite of the fact that sport is beset with many destructive effects, its constructive purposes are far-flung with regards to reinforcing international commitment, importance of staying healthy, creating a global society and so on. Therefore, I strongly think that sports activities must be encouraged to create a stable generation with a society without boundaries or else each country will be an island literally cut off from one another. 

IELTS WRITING TASK 2 Question No. 8

 Fashion and clothing industry is increasingly becoming important in modern society. Does it make negative effect or positive effect? Give reasons and examples in your answer.

Answer( prepared by Netto for Camford Academy)

Fashion and clothing that makes a man unique from his fellow beings, is of paramount importance in the contemporary era. Therefore the trend of creating the culture of new fabrics and other accessories has been ascending for a quite a while now. Apparently, it results in enormous effects which, I think, are almost constructive and encouraging.

Ostensibly, fashion and clothing industry brings about far-flung effects in one’s life. To begin with, this sector is actively involved in creating ever-new trends with a wide range of varieties in the apparels and other fashionable articles. Besides being a largest job provider, it heralds the changes which society is likely to embrace without a second thought. It also adds charm and grandeur to one’s views and thoughts so that they are powerful enough to cause radical transformations effecting a complete make-over in the totality of strictly official as well as tidy and astute in the execution of tasks.

Similarly fashion and clothing industry, unlike other industries, is very much innovative and broadly open to changes which, in turn, affect the behavior and the course of action of the people a great deal. Furthermore, the costumes and accessories that one wears decide one’s personality so that the fashion and the cloth that one prefers are directly indicative of one’s true identity. In spite of wide chasms created by such trends among the different categories of people in a society, this industry being trendy motivates as well as inspires people to be innovative in all aspects of life and business. As an illustration, celebrities are the ones who fully make use of the changing trends in apparels and various other accessories that enforce their being popular.

To sum up, the fact that fine clothes and various other articles make fine people with fine attitude is no longer a myth today as it brings about a complete paradigm shift in a society. Therefore, doubtless is the fact that fashion and cloth industry fabulously contribute to the constructive ideas and thoughts of a society which plays a pivotal part in making a society prosper.

Question No.7  WRTING TASK 2

Government is more responsible to control damage to environment. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons and examples from your own experience.

Answer (Prepared by Netto for CAMFORD ACADEMY)

The scale of damage that befalls on environment has been rampant ever since industrialization and consumer sector dominated society. Despite each individual’s being equally responsible, the government of a country is the major authoritative body to control contamination on environment. Therefore, I favour the view that it is a government who has to initiate coercive steps to control damage to environment given the prerogatives of a state over its citizens.

There many reasons why a state is responsible to introduce corrective measures to safeguard nature. To begin with, a state is a statutory body with full rights to enact any law as to protect environment, and as a result, its citizens are bound to adhere to such laws. Hence, they are left with no choice so that a government can ensure punitive measures against those people who disrupt the ecological balance.

Similarly, with its legal powers a state can slap those erring companies and factories with a staggering penalty as they are the ones who emit colossal amount of fumes with hazardous pollutants in it. Such governmental rules ostensibly lend credence to the effort for protecting nature. To illustrate, following the setting up of Pollution Control Board in India, the amount of carbon monoxide exhaled by vehicles has considerably come down, the mammoth rise in the number of vehicles notwithstanding.

In addition to the well defined organizational set-up and extensive resources a state can easily propagate the campaign on the environmental destruction. Likewise, it can carry out wide reaching awareness programmes on the same so as to reach to its masses. Furthermore, a government can be a model by implementing afforestation so that people might also try to follow it. Kerala Road Development Authority is worth mentioning in this context as they have succeeded in planting a huge number of saplings and plants on either sides of each newly built road.

To brief, even though the protection of ever-depleting environment is a common issue, a state is more responsible than its citizens. It is the high time that a state became more proactive than waiting for individuals to take charge of safeguarding environment or else future generations have to pay a heavy price.

Qustion 6 (WRITING TASK 2)

Children are largely sent to boarding schools (in our country and other countries). What are the reasons for this? Do you think that it is positive? Add reasons and examples in your answer.

Answer (Prepared by Netto for Camford Academy)

The trend of sending children to boarding schools has alarmingly been on the rise for the past few years. Modernization and materialistic approach are to be blamed as it has become a universal phenomenon. Apparently, various factors push parents into the practice of leaving their younglings at boarding schools. However, what purpose it serves for a child concerned is still a contentious matter as it badly affects the equilibrium of his/her delicate growing pattern.

Tacitly, there are myriad mundane concerns for why children are sent to boarding schools. Firstly, the ever-evolving nuclear family system, the byproduct of industrialization and modernization, is the culprit as both parents are employed, with no one left at home to take care of the children. Secondly, achieving material prosperity has conspicuously become the motive of modern life wherein the economic development is considered as the yardstick of gauging one’s success. Thirdly, besides today’s life being fast paced, the soaring expenses have made living so dearer that one cannot afford to abstain from work and stay back at home.  To illustrate, now the cost of children’s education in my state is double the amount of that in the previous year.

However, I do not find this trend positive since juveniles at boarding schools have to undergo enormous emotional imbalance which hampers the overall development of their personality. Since such schools are strictly supervised and controlled, students find it hostile and consequently, getting adapted to it needs mammoth effort. Despite the availability of ample time for study, the fact that they are away from their parents makes them homesick adding it to their solitude and eventually resulting in poor performance. Parents are not only food providers but motivators and educators for children so that their living with their children inculcates moral values and ethics in them. Therefore, their long absence from their sprats might turn them into delinquents. Some juveniles in the United States are so good a case in this context that they enter into a shooting spree killing scores of people on the spot.

To conclude, in spite of the economic benefits and the professional mobility that boarding schools offer for parents, the emotional stability and the personality of their younglings are worst affected. Hence, the education is not delivered in its true meaning. So, it is the high time that parents realized that they remain in the vicinity of their juveniles rather than sending them to boarding schools. If so, a healthy generation is surely on the cards. (Prepared by Netto for Camford Academy) 

IELTS WRITING TASK 2

Question No.5

There are many stages of life, for example , childhood, adolescence, adulthood,  middle age and old age. Choose one that you consider the most difficult for man and one for women. It may be the same one.

Give reasons for the difficulty and say how it can be overcome .

Anwer ( Prepared by Netto for Camford Academy) 

The transition of each stage in one’s life poses substantial changes in attitude as well as in aptitude. Furthermore, the existing socio-cultural environment accelerates the amount of change. Tacitly, both the genders have their own typical difficulties as both vastly differ not only physiologically but psychologically.

Presumably, the most difficult stage in a man’s life is adolescence wherein a host of daunting factors dominate the purview of his thoughts and actions. As this is a period of storm and stress, tackling such problems turns out to be a cumbersome task which demands enormous efforts. This period is marked by the sudden physiological growth with the characteristic of hormonal changes. A boy at this stage is less focused on his goals and consequently, the lack of parental monitoring can hamper his future. Despite the scanty freedom of movement, his overdependence on his parents gives him an invisible identity that he can no longer enjoy. As a solution, an astute guidance and monitoring by parents and elders in this context would be immensely useful. Besides being empathetic, both parents and teachers can spend a fair amount of time to address to his needs. To illustrate, recent surveys across the countries have revealed the fact that adolescents are getting addicted to narcotics due to parents ‘ detachment from their children and their being career-ambitious.

On the other hand, the toughest stage in the life of women is adulthood which throws a considerable number of challenges. Attaining self-reliance is a major challenge and characteristic of this age. So, she has to run through thick and thin to see through her ambitious job. In addition to reinforcing financial status, she ought to get into a stable marital relation that almost decides the success of her life. So, finding a suitable life partner is a colossal task with an increasing number of marriages failing today. As remedial measure to job issues, establishing job placement cells and career-guidance bureau at all educational institutions could be a viable option. Moreover, setting-up of pre-marital and post-marital counseling would prove effective. 

 To conclude, each stage of life causes its considerable share of problems in the lives of both genders. Presumably, the early stages of one’s life such as adolescence and early adulthood are more vulnerable than the later stages such as middle age and old age. However, these problems can well be overcome if parents and governments become proactive.

Question 4.   Elderly people feel that their time was the best time to live. How far do you agree or disagree?

Answer  (Essay prepared by Netto for Camford Academy)

Satisfaction is too abstract a term to be defined easily. Hence, factors contributing to it differ enormously from one to another. So, that a particular generation of people believe their period was so conducive to live is purely subjective. Therefore, I do not completely favour such a view of the elderly as every generation is likely to feel the same because of unique comforts and luxuriousness of each era.

Tacitly, the elderly does not enjoy the present as the transition of an epoch brings about a host of changes both materially and mentally in him. The ageing process of a man deprives him of many traits which have brought him immense pleasure. Nevertheless, the horizon of older people is shrunk since their socialization time is minimal compared to that of younger ones. To illustrate, the peers of an old man are so committed and responsible that they attach enormous priority to their domestic affairs. Therefore, the interaction between them substantially decreases whereas, the young relishes each moments with a great amount of mobility and a number of acquaintances.

Ostensibly, unlike the elderly, the younger generation has a great amount of recreational activities which makes the latter more sociable than the former. Thanks to the technological innovations and the vast array of electronic gadgets. The majority of youth today being technophiles make their lives worth living and on the other hand, most aged people being technophobes live contented with what they had done in the past. People in their past having set a limited number of goals and dreams lived like a unit in a closely knit society. However, such society is not existing today so that he is completely detached and nonexistent in the contemporary society while the present generation is enjoying their time of increased mobility and whopping ambitions with optimum utilization. Now, the younger generation in India, for example, on reaching adulthood obtains a job and finds out more happiness unlike the people in the past.

To sum up, happiness and satisfaction being very subjective cannot be specifically attributed to any special period because it is the attitude and aptitude of people that decide its purview. So, each generation has a number of unique distinguishing features that add up to their contentment. Hence, the claim of the elderly that their epoch was the excellent to live is blunt since each age brings forth a variety of privileges and amenities to life.

 IELTS WRITING TASK 2  Essay prepared by Netto for Camford Academy

Question No.3.    People have to have savings when they retire. How far do you agree or disagree?

Answer

 Retirement causes abrupt shifts in one’s thoughts and life styles. Financial savings play a pivotal part in ensuring the stability and the security of a man’s life regardless of the age differences. Unsurprisingly, its importance is paramount when it comes to retirement stage. Therefore, I completely favour the view that people are required to have sound saving s especially when they call it a day as it is a period of old age blues and woes.

Apparently, one’s saving lends a wide range of assistances. The most annoying characteristic retirement age is one’s body becoming weak and fragile sheltering too many diseases. Age related ailment is yet another menace that a retiring man has to be bothered of. Since medication and treatments are dearer now-a-days, his thick wallet will take care of him. Nevertheless, quitting a job pushes one into seclusion, cut off from his peers and family members. It makes him into so an alienated life that he hardly finds anybody to rely on financially. Further, life after retirement is full of twists and turns so that economical stability is what one cannot be complacent to at this juncture.

In addition to a slew of physical frailties, life after quitting a job offers only grim prospects for the economic prosperity as one’s productivity suffers so badly that one may find fewer employers to hire one’s expertise. Consequently, that the retired one is no longer a bread winner for oneselfself or for one's family forces one to live at the mercy of one's children. The condition of such people is even worse in countries like India where health care and welfare of the elderly are not the prime concern of the state, unlike that in the UK and in the USA. Worse is the scenario when the elderly loses his self-esteem and self satisfaction because he is faced with fiscal stress if he does not have a sizeable saving.

To brief, savings have got a huge important role in the life after retirement. The less is the saving, the more are the worries. Therefore, a sound saving reduces the gravity of the problems pertaining to life after retirement.  (Essay prepared by Netto for Camford Academy)

TASK 2 IELTS WRITING Question 3:  Museum is increasingly becoming important in many ways. Still many people argue that maintaining it is very much disadvantageous and some think that it has many utilities in a society. Discuss both the views and give your opinion? Prepared by Netto for Camford Academy

Unlike in the past, museum has increasingly become an integral part of every state. However, the use of a museum has been somewhat a trivially controversial matter for quite a while now. Some people vehemently claim that it poses more number of problems than its blessings and others feel the vice versa for various reasons.

                               Apparently, it is believed that a museum is an unnecessary liability due to myriad reasons. Firstly, it adds to the fiscal burden on an exchequer as government has to spend enormous amount of money on building, preserving and maintaining a museum. To illustrate, the employees and the authorities who maintain a museum need to be paid every month, which comprises a very huge amount. Secondly, it eats away a huge chunk of space in a city pushing city dwellers from pillar to post as every city is faced with unavailability of space with a very high density of population and an alarming number of slums. Thirdly, protection and maintenance of the materials in a museum, which are old and sometimes fragile, need a lot of effort. The fourth reason is that, there are various security threats as the museum contains valuable materials for which a government will have to utilize a fair size of its armed forces. Besides, they argue that the knowledge gained from a museum is outdated and consequently, it will not fetch you any profit.

                              However, it is counter-argued by another group who believe that a museum is essential and useful. To begin with, a museum is the only place where the history and the heritage of a country can be preserved for generations to come. Moreover, they can provide considerable academic help to new generation, especially in archeological studies. Thirdly, a museum can be a tourism booster, which has already become a revenue generating factor for a state. Adding to these, a museum acts as a symbol for the diversity of flora and fauna with a vast line of trees and shrubs. So, public can always enjoy a calming, relaxing and refreshing leisure time in a museum, which adds to the beauty of a city. For example, the Louvre museum in Paris elevates the beauty and the fame of the city.

                            To brief, despite having myriad disadvantages, a museum meets a wide range of constructive purposes. Hence, in my opinion, it is a strong platform offering many a societal utility. It adds to the greenery and grandeur of the city. Therefore, it is a duty of one and all as well as a state to protect this marvelous piece.( Prepared by Netto for Camford Academy)

IELTS WRITING MODEL ESSAY (Task 2)

Question 1: A number of different medical treatment options are now widely used such as Allopathic, Herbals, Acupuncture, and Homeopathy.

How important is the patient’s attitude towards his / her treatment in determining the effectiveness of the treatment?

Answer

Despite the availability of various curing methods including both traditional and modern, the efficacy of a medication is largely decided by the right attitude of a patient. The significance of patient’s attitude towards treatment in its effectiveness is very high. Irrespective of the mode of treatment positive attitudes can bring about miraculous results.

Apparently, different patients respond to same sort of treatment in different ways mainly due to difference in attitudes. A group of patients show confident and assertive attitudes whereas others show an attitude of hopelessness and depression which mainly depends on one’s personality. Moreover, there is another group who never believe in the medical practitioners and health care providers completely. Such people are very unlikely to acknowledge any sort of improvement in their condition, which prevents them from improving further. The field of medicine has observed unbelievable improvements in those who have strong will power and belief that could even get rid of mortal deceases like cancer.

Tacitly, there is a strong connection between mental and physical health, which makes attitude a very important factor. To begin with, when a person preserves his urge to live along with his hopes, his body metabolism will remain active and there will be instant responses to medicines. In order to give such a moral boost to the patient, family members and friends also play a very important role. Secondly, when he stops thinking about his deceases, his mind can get involved with other activities which will again keep him healthy. On the other hand, if his mind is full of discouraging thoughts in the form of depression, disbelief or loss of hope, it affects the body metabolism and whereby medicines will also become ineffective.

To brief, people respond differently to the action of medicines depending on their mental state. Healthy attitudes can show wonderful outcomes whereas complacent attitudes will lead to its worsening. Therefore, mental health of a patient is as equally important as the treatment option that improves the chances of recovery in future. 

 Q 2.  IELTS Writing Task 1Model Essay Prepared by Netto for Camford Academy

The given table shows the various amount of carbon dioxide emitted by four different countries – China, Brazil, Germany and Luxemberg. Overall, the largest countries such as China and Brazil emit more amount of Carbon dioxide than the smaller ones.

With reference to the emitted carbon dioxide, China leads the table with the highest of 7219 million tones followed by Brazil (1014 million tonnes) with almost six times less than the former. Despite Germany being a developed nation, it is only in the third position with 37 milloion tones less the Brazil. Whereas, Luxumberg being the smallest nation has least amount of emission of 11 million tones.perce

In terms of total world carbon dioxide emission, China (19.1%), as expected, leads it with nearly one fifth of total world emissions. Whereas, both Brazil and Germany are in the second and third position with 2.7% and 2.6% respectively with Luxumberg in the fourth position contributing the least amount of 2%.

As for per capita tones of Carbon dioxide, a Luxumbergian  leads the table with the highest emission of 22.4 tonnes followed by a German with 11.7 tonnes less than the former. A Chinese being in the third position has only 4.6 tonnes which is 2.8 tonnes more than a Brazilian, the least contributer. 

 As regards the rate of change in carbon dioxide emission, every countries except Germany has a positive growth. China has the most most visible growth of 172.6% of carbon dioxide emission with Brazil in the second position with just below half of the former(79.8%). Whereas, Luxemburg has a slender change of 2.5% .Interestingly, only Germany has negative growth of 16%.

On the whole, the rate of carbon dioxide emission is directly proportionate to the size of the population of the country , that is, China being the mostly populated nation has the highest rate Co2 and Luxemburg being the smallest one has least amount of it.  Essay Prepared by Netto for Camford Academy 

Essay Prepared by Netto for Camford Academy