Welcome back, everyone.
Hi, Chris.
Hello!
How are you?
I am very, very well.
Well, today we're going to be talking about IELTS part two of the writing,
and we have a little writing prompt for you.
And Chris and I are going to discuss both sides of a topic,
so stick around.
Super,
So the question today, Jay is...
The question is:
Some people say that students should be given more homework.
Other people say that children should be free to enjoy their youth.
We need to discuss both views and give our opinion.
Yeah.
So this is a discuss both sides essay in the IELTS test.
and in order for you to fulfill all the task requirements,
the task and response,
you need to be able to discuss both sides. Right?
And if you don't,
you cannot score really above a band seven.
So if you will only discuss one side,
you're probably only going to get up to a band seven.
In the test,
please make sure you think of ideas on both sides.
So what Jay and I are going to do today is talk about some ideas on one side,
some ideas on the other side,
and then maybe you can present your position in the final paragraph.
You don't need to.
You can put your position throughout.
In good academic writing, there is no formula.
We don't want you to write a formulaic essay,
because examiners know instantly that you've memorized something.
Right, Jay?
So, tell me,
why should children be given more homework?
Well,
I think it keeps them occupied in the evening
and also can potentially keep them quiet.
Make the house a little bit more of a less chaotic place,
but also in more of an educational reason.
It's to help you know,
the more you do something,
we have an expression, "practice makes perfect".
So, if you're given homework
or if a child is given homework,
they're practicing what was taught in class previously.
So, that's giving them more exposure and they're working on it more.
And that could potentially increase their marks in school.
I think there are two great valid reasons.
I would probably put your second reason,
the educational reason,
maybe as the primary.
Maybe you put that in one paragraph.
Remember,
the IELTS test specifically asks you
to have one central topic in a paragraph.
If you start mixing ideas together,
unless you've written a very good topic sentence,
you're going to struggle to get about seven.
So, think about one reason,
the educational benefits of homework,
and explain why homework is important.
The same for why homework should not be given.
Now, I've read and I've seen in the news that actually,
if you give young children homework,
it doesn't actually benefit the children very much.
They say that giving children reading to do is actually better than
maths exercises, and writing, and copying.
So if you just give them a book,
they say that for the younger ages,
this is enough homework and they shouldn't be given any homework.
Also,
I think that if you give children too much homework,
they might feel a little bit pressured and it might increase their stress.
And maybe the homework's not on a subject or in a subject that they're interested in.
So it could be a bit detrimental in that,
and to that extent,
so I don't know. What are your thoughts, Jay?
Well, also don't forget that childhood is a really wonderful time of a person's life,
but it's also very short.
You know when we're children,
we feel like being a child is forever.
But in the grand scheme of things,
being a child goes very quickly.
and you know,
many people might argue that it's important for a child to enjoy
those short years of being a child or a young person.
Really great reasons there.
Thanks,
So what do you think?
What do you think?
Leave your answers in the comments.
Do you think that children should get more homework?
Do you think they should get no homework?
Or do you think that it should be somewhere in the middle?
and remember that you have to have a position?
It asks you to discuss both views and give your own opinion.
and I should always remind you that in the second part of the question,
it asks you for personal experience.
Draw on your own experience.
Use relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
So Jay,
you work in a university.
Is it OK to write, "I" in university?
I think that.
No.
Unfortunately,
It is not.
It's not considered formal writing.
In IELTS,
you absolutely can.
And this is a big problem for many of you,
because you think that university writing is no "I",
so IELTS is no "I",
It's not true.
You should.
In fact,
they ask you to draw on your own experience,
So if you think that your children,
if you have children,
if your children should have more homework,
tell the examiner that you think your children do not get enough homework.
Really, really important.
Thanks for your ideas today, Jay.
No worries.
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Thanks for your time, Jay.
Thank you, Chris.