Hey everyone, welcome back to IELTS daily!
I'm Jay,
this is Chris.
Hi.
And so today we're going to look at a writing task two which is the essay,
And we have,
an essay question that we're going to look at.
So stick around.
So in today's video,
we're going to look at an essay question from the IELTS
part two writing segment.
And Chris, today's topic is a little bit of a difficult one.
It's really tricky. Yeah.
So do you mind reading it out to us?
Not at all.
This one is really difficult and it is a recent question.
I can't stress that enough, students have reported this question recently.
So you need to be prepared for something like this.
The question is as follows:
Film is a less important form of art than literature or painting.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
I'll read that again.
Film is a less important form of art than literature painting.
To what extent do you agree or disagree？
Now, what's the most important word for you in this question?
Jay, what would you say?
I would say probably important.
Yeah,
I'd probably agree.
So you need to decide a position.
Film is less important or film is more important than art or literature.
Do you have an opinion yet,
or should we think about some ideas?
I think we should try to,
try to brainstorm.
Let's look at the side:
Film is less important than art,
OK.
So with art and literature,
we have really important...
It's a little bit more abstract,
and it's more up to the viewer
or the person looking at or reading
the medium to interpret what the original painter
or author is trying to say. Sure.
I'd also say that
film is less important because of the
historical and cultural significance of art and literature.
So you've got paintings,
writings that were all done, historically or culturally.
For example,
here in Australia,
the significance of indigenous and aboriginal art is extremely important.
Yes.
Because without it,
you can't look back into the past.
So I would say that in that case, the paintings are more important than film.
So we've talked about the abstract nature.
You can view it in your own way,
and we've talked about the cultural and historical significance on one side.
On the other side,
we would say that film is more important than literature or paintings.
Why?
Well,
it's more contemporary. Art and literature is still today.
We see it,
but it's just a lot easier medium to understand.
It can be in their own language right? Yes. It can be in various languages.
It could, it reaches a really wide, range of people.
If you think about films and Hollywood,
they are kind of...
They're everywhere.
You find them pervasive among society.
That means that they are everywhere.
Everyone can access them.
So that would be a reason why it was more important.
This is a really tricky question,
and you would have to decide whether you think it's more important,
less important or kind of equally important.
Any ideas,
what you think at the moment?
Well,
for me being a scholar,
I would probably say that art and literature is probably more important.
Yes, so film
in this question,
you would have to probably answer
the question:
Film is less important.
Absolutely.
I probably agree,
although I would maybe make the case to say it's equally important
that every form of art should be equally recognized.
Very difficult question for you guys to answer.
I hope we've given you some food for thought.
Food for thought is an idiom which means, giving you some ideas.
These ideas,
can be used in your test to look at both sides.
But remember you must have a position; your position must be maintained.
Do you want to add anything?
No, you've covered it pretty well.
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