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Writing Task 2 - Children and spending more time watching TV

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:35 pm
by coldmusic
Would you please review my Task 2 writing? ;)

Studies have shown that children are spending more time watching television and less time doing active or creative activities. Explain why this is the case. Suggest possible measures that can encourage children to participate in active or creative activities.

With the advent of new digital devices like laptops, tablets and smart phones, children have been immensely addicted to TV. They are not interested in doing activities, therefore, some important issues have been arise, such as health problems, lack of social interaction and creativity. Parents and governments should take serious actions to tackle this problem and encourage them to improve their mental abilities.

It has been argued that, watching television continually for hours can lead to health related problems. For example, obesity, that is one of the main issues that has been increased among children in recent years. Moreover, children spend their time alone in front of big screens, they do not interact with their peers. Thus, they do not learn how to socially interact with other children. They cannot talk and express themselves and as a result they become shy and diffident. Besides, another major problem is that they do not know how to be creative and how to do tasks in their own way.

However, some measures can be taken to persuade children to do creative actions. Governments should provide sport facilities for children from all ages to spend their time doing healthy activities that gives them confidence. Therefore, they will have a good feeling about themselves and have the courage to take risks in future. Furthermore, media should create appropriate programs in order to inspire children to be creative and nurture their talent to achieve success. Parent should inform their children about the drawbacks of unreasonably watching TV.

In conclusion, wasting a lot of time watching TV can lead to significant problems, such as health issues, lack of confidence, and avoiding society. Therefore, governments and parents should take the responsibility of this phenomena and try to fix it.



Thanks for your time

Re: Writing Task 2 - Children and spending more time watching TV

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 11:07 pm
by David.IELTS.Examiner
Hello!

The first main problem with this essay is that you make very definitive statements (e.g. They are not interested in doing activities). These statements may be true for some children, but are absolutely not true for all children, possibly not even the majority.

You say that smartphones encourage children to watch TV, then state that these devices have big screens. I guess it depends on your definition of a 'big' screen, but I doubt most people would agree.

You state that children do not interact with their peers, which would suggest that something could be done by schools, but you make no suggestions for that area.

'They cannot talk ...' OK, I think that now you have entered the realm of fantasy. Which children are you talking about? (I hope they are not taking the IELTS speaking test!!!)

The measures you suggest are not explained. If the government provides sports facilities, why will the children suddenly go there? Most countries already have such facilities, so if the children don't use them now (in your opinion), there is no reason to believe that adding more will help.

'Parents should inform their children ...' Don't they do this already? If not, they must be pretty weal parents.

Overall, the ideas presented are bad to completely incorrect. A lot more work is needed there.

All the best,
David

Re: Writing Task 2 - Children and spending more time watching TV

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:30 pm
by Flick
coldmusic wrote: Studies have shown that children are spending more time watching television and less time doing active or creative activities. Explain why this is the case. Suggest possible measures that can encourage children to participate in active or creative activities.

With the advent of new digital devices like laptops, tablets and smart phones, children have become immensely addicted to TV. They are not interested in doing other activities, therefore, some important issues have arisen, such as health problems, lack of social interaction and creativity. Parents and governments should take serious actions to tackle this problem and encourage children to improve their mental abilities.

It has been argued that watching television continually for hours can lead to health related problems. For example, obesity is one of the main issues that has become prevalent among children in recent years. Moreover, when children spend their time alone in front of big screens, they do not interact with their peers. Thus, they do not learn how to socially interact with other children. They cannot talk and express themselves, and as a result they become shy and diffident. Another major problem is that they do not know how to be creative and how to do tasks in their own way.

However, some measures can be taken to persuade children to do creative tasks. Governments should provide sport facilities for children of all ages to spend their time doing healthy activities that give them confidence. Therefore, they will have a good feeling about themselves and have the courage to take risks in the future. Furthermore, media should create appropriate programs in order to inspire children to be creative and nurture their talent to achieve success. Parents should inform their children about the drawbacks of watching TV.

In conclusion, wasting a lot of time watching TV can lead to significant problems, such as health issues, lack of confidence, and avoiding society. Therefore, governments and parents should take responsibility for this phenomena and try to fix it.

Re: Writing Task 2 - Children and spending more time watching TV

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 2:15 pm
by coldmusic
David.IELTS.Examiner wrote:Hello!

The first main problem with this essay is that you make very definitive statements (e.g. They are not interested in doing activities). These statements may be true for some children, but are absolutely not true for all children, possibly not even the majority.

You say that smartphones encourage children to watch TV, then state that these devices have big screens. I guess it depends on your definition of a 'big' screen, but I doubt most people would agree.

You state that children do not interact with their peers, which would suggest that something could be done by schools, but you make no suggestions for that area.

'They cannot talk ...' OK, I think that now you have entered the realm of fantasy. Which children are you talking about? (I hope they are not taking the IELTS speaking test!!!)

The measures you suggest are not explained. If the government provides sports facilities, why will the children suddenly go there? Most countries already have such facilities, so if the children don't use them now (in your opinion), there is no reason to believe that adding more will help.

'Parents should inform their children ...' Don't they do this already? If not, they must be pretty weal parents.

Overall, the ideas presented are bad to completely incorrect. A lot more work is needed there.

All the best,
David
Thanks for your consideration, David. It means a lot:)
I will try to be better in giving ideas and supporting them