IELTS writing test - sample answers

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Mobile Phones - band 7

In the recent years, the use of texting throught smartphones' apps have started changing the way yourng people communicate among each others. Several research have been carried out on the topic, and outcomes have been quite inconsistent. Some reported a decrease in standard written English, others no impact at all on how children build sentences. Before reaching out my own conclusion, I will analyze the subject, providing examples of my reasonings.

A language is divided into speech and writing. We do not talk as we write, and viceversa. The advent of text messaging has allowed communications to be faster. This is because how words are abbreviated. In addition, thanks to the introduction of icons, the text reflects more the personality of the sender. For example, smiling or sad icons act as surrogates to our body language. The use of emoticons convey our feelings, leaving no doubts about our emotions over a subject or situation. However, the use of cut-words reduces a child's ability to spell names correctly.

Studies reported that bilingual children analyze tasks and learn quickly then the ones who only speak one language. This is also the case with texism. Have you ever read a teenager's message? It really is a new langauge.

In conclusion, despite the worries over the use of text messaging and how this would affect how young people learn to write standard English, I do believe its utilization has nothing to do with how children perform on literature subjects. I would argue instead, that teachers should innovate the way they teach and capture pupils' interest over such subjects. In fact, they should adopt creative techniques to make sure children know the difference between the two ways of writing. Furthermore, I would suggest they should take actions to overcome possible issues, as the spelling mistakes reported on the first paragraph of this essay.

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Task Achievement

A good essay but ideas need to be developed more to create a more in-depth discussion and to avoid talking too generally about the topic. (7)

Coherence & Cohesion

Paragraphing is used appropriately, however, structure within paragraphs could be better and would help to keep the ideas more focused. The use of cohesive devices is appropriate. (7)

Lexical Resource

The candidate has used a reasonable range of vocabulary for this task. (7)

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

A good range of grammar structures has been used, but there are small errors with prepositions, punctuation and plural forms. (7)

Overall Comment - how to improve

The candidate could improve the overall response by planning the answer before writing, thinking more about the structure within each main paragraph and increasing the range of grammatical structures.

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