English 101 Series: 101 Model Answers for IELTS Writing Task 2 - Set 2

By Mark Griffiths

Many candidates like to use model answers when they are preparing for the IELTS speaking and writing modules. This book provides 101 model answers for Writing Task 2, including essays on many of the most recent questions asked during 2013 and the beginning of 2014.

The model answers are intended as a guide. Candidates can use the ideas presented in the essays in their own writing. In addition, candidates may find that the vocabulary and structures used in the answers help them to create their own essays.

The 101 essays have been divided into 12 topic areas.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mark Griffiths
• Release date: Feb 25, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310271045

Mark Griffiths

I have been teaching English as a foreign language since 1990, mainly in the Czech Republic and China. I have written several books on IELTS that have been published in China, selling over 200,000 copies. My work has also been used to create various apps which have been downloaded tens of thousands of times.The books that I will be publishing on Smashwords are updates of my published works, modified for the international market.The majority of books will be in the 'English 101 Series' which has proven so popular in China.The cover photographs on the Smashwords editions are all by the author.

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English 101 Series: 101 Model Answers for IELTS Writing Task 2 – Set 2

Mark Griffiths

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Copyright 2014 Mark Griffiths

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Table of Contents

Preface

Education

Education – Subjects

Economics and Business

Work

Children

Crime

Culture

The Environment

Animals

Technology

Health and Sport

Society and People

Author

Preface

Many candidates like to use model answers when they are preparing for the IELTS speaking and writing modules. This book provides 101 model answers for Writing Task 2, including essays on many of the most recent questions asked during 2013 and the beginning of 2014.

The model answers are intended as a guide. Candidates can use the ideas presented in the essays in their own writing. In addition, candidates may find that the vocabulary and structures used in the answers help them to create their own essays.

The 101 essays have been divided into 12 topic areas. Note that there are a large number of questions related to education. This is not surprising considering that IELTS involves many teachers and that most candidates are taking IELTS in order to further their studies. Therefore, the education questions have been sub-divided into 2 groups – general education questions and those relating more specifically to the curriculum and teaching of particular subjects.

Similarly, the group of essays relating to animals has been sub-divided from the environment. Health and sport have been collated since questions on those topics are usually closely related.

The views expressed in the essays are not necessarily those of the author.

The ‘back to top’ feature you can see below allows you to return to the contents page from the other parts of this book.

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Education

Some people think that it is better for children to go to boarding school, whilst others think that they should go to day schools.

What is your opinion on the issue?

Like most British children, I attended a day school. However, a minority of children do go to boarding schools, sometimes because parents believe the schools are better. In this essay, I would like to look at the advantages that each system offers.

Boarding schools are ideal for parents whose work takes them abroad or who are otherwise unable to offer their children a ‘normal’ home life after school and at weekends. The children are looked after by professionals and the children learn to be independent of their parents from an early age. These same three reasons lead many parents to send their children to such schools even if they do not need to because of work.

Another reason that boarding schools are an attractive option is that they offer a more disciplined atmosphere, with children’s time allotted to certain activities from the moment they rise in the morning until they rest at night. This is considered by the parents to be useful later in life.

Boarding schools are expensive, so demand for them is usually limited to high income families. As they have more money, they can provide better facilities and attract better teachers with higher salaries. This leads to greater opportunities for personal development for pupils.

However, this ‘exclusivity’ is often the basis of arguments against boarding schools. Some people feel that pupils from these schools will think themselves inherently superior to other pupils. This is one of the main benefits of going to a day school – the pupils are from various backgrounds. Day schools, unlike most boarding schools, are also mixed gender, giving boys and girls the chance to grow up together. Allowing children of different genders and backgrounds teaches them how to interact with various people, not just those similar to them. Obviously, this skill is useful later in life.

To conclude, I believe that both types of school have advantages in different areas. Families should decide for themselves which type they prefer to send their children to.

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Nowadays, fewer young people are willing to consider a career in teaching.

What do you think are the causes of this?

What can the government do to encourage young people to become teachers?

If fewer young people are moving into teaching as a profession, there could be several reasons for this trend and hence several ways to encourage them into it. In this essay, I will look at two of the possibilities.

When people are choosing a career, they understandably take into account the rates of pay of various jobs. Teachers in my country are reasonably well paid, but their salaries are still below those of many other professions. The simple way to solve this is to raise salaries for teachers, especially those just starting in the profession. However, there is a problem in that the state is usually the largest employer of teachers and budgetary limits mean that public sector workers generally get paid less than private sector ones.

Another reason could be the supposed difficulty of the job. Many newspapers in my country publish articles about the problems that teachers have maintaining discipline in the classroom and the criticism they receive from parents who believe teachers are doing a bad job of educating their children. Potential teachers reading such articles may well be put off the profession as a result. If the articles are correct, then the government (as the main employer) needs to look at ways of supporting teachers I their work. If the articles are only telling part of the story, perhaps teachers could be encouraged to contribute articles to newspapers highlighting the positive side of their work and the satisfaction it brings.

To summarise, the government needs to discover why young people are not interested in a career in teaching. It is the government’s responsibility because it is the main employer of teachers. Once it has found out the reasons for this, it can support policies that encourage young people into the profession. In my opinion, higher pay rates might be hard to introduce given that governments usually have tight budgets, but portraying a more positive image of teaching need not be so expensive.

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Disruptive school students have a negative influence on others. Students who are noisy and disobedient should be grouped together and taught separately.

Do you agree or disagree?

Although I agree that there are some situations where disruptive school students need to be grouped together and taught separately, I think that there may be other solutions to this problem which also need to be examined and evaluated.

Obviously, disruptive students are a major problem in schools. By interrupting lessons they reduce the time available for students to learn, possibly to the point of harming their chances of doing well in examinations and thereby reducing the probability of them going on to further education or getting the jobs they want. In addition, disruptive students have a negative effect on teachers, perhaps making them frustrated. This in turn could make potentially talented teachers think twice about going into the profession.

However, I think that we need to look a little more closely at the reasons for disruptive behaviour in classrooms. Some students might be bored by the classes. It might be better for them to learn different subjects. It may be possible for the teacher to introduce more interesting teaching methods into the classroom. Other students may be disruptive because they do not understand the material they are being taught. In that situation, it might be better for the school to stream students according to their ability.

Where students are committing criminal actions, such as violence in the classroom, I think that it is absolutely necessary to remove them and have them educated separately. However, once again, we should look at the causes of this poor behaviour. Is there a family problem? Is the pupil associating with people who have a bad influence on them? Is the pupil using illegal substances? Once the causes have been identified, there is a real chance of resolving the issue and getting the young person back into the classroom with other students.

To summarise, I think that there are situations where disruptive students must be taught separately, but that we should focus on the causes of disruption as far as possible.

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Some people believe that educating children altogether will benefit them. Others think intelligent children should be taught separately and given special courses.

Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

I think that it is better for children to be educated in groups according to their ability, but there are people who disagree. In this essay, I shall take a look at both sides of the debate.

Some people believe that, if children of different abilities are educated together, all of the children will benefit. The idea is that the less able children will improve because they can learn from the more able ones. At the same time, the more able children will learn to co-operate with others and learn from helping the other children. I think that this method can work quite well if the