thereareopportunitiesto practiselisteningtoandspeakingwithBritish people.Also,
studentscanexperiencetheculturefirsthand,whichisagreathelpwhen
tryingto understandthelanguage.Thisisespeciallytrueiftheychoosetolivewith a
Britishfamily,asexchangestudentsforexample.Furthermore,ifstudentsattend a
languageschoolfull-time,theteachers
willbenativespeakers.Inthiscase, not onlywillstudents'speakingandlistening
skillsimprove, butattentioncan begivento developingreadingandwritingskillsas
well.
In general,eventhoughitispreferabletostudyEnglishinanEnglish-speaking
country,areasonablelevelofEnglishcan beachievedin one'sowncountry,ifa
studentisgiftedand dedicatedtostudy.
Sample 159
Theworldisexperiencing adramaticincreaseinpopulation,Thisiscausing
problemsnotonlyforpoor,undevelopedcountries,butalsoforindustrialisedand
developingnations.
Describesomeoftheproblemsthat overpopulationcauses, andsuggestat
leastonepossiblesolution.
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.Youshouldspendabout 40 minutes onthistask.modelanswer:
Inmostcountriesoftheworldthe populationisincreasingalarmingly.Thisis
especiallytruein poor, undevelopedcountries.Overpopulationcausesaconsiderable
numberofproblems.
In poorcountriesitisdifficultto provideenoughfoodtofeedeventhepresent number
ofpeople.Inaddition,educationtolimitthenumberofchildren perfamilyisnotalways
successful.Poorercountries
usually havealotofunemploymenttoo,andanincreasein populationsimplymakes
thesituationworse.Theenvironmentalsosufferswhentherearetoomany people
living ontheland.
Inrich,industrialisedand developingcountriesitisvery difficultfor governmentsto
provideeffectivepublicservicesin overcrowdedcities.Moreover,thereisusuallya
greatdealmorecrime,whichisoften dueto highratesof unemployment.Furtherlarge
increasesin population onlycausemoreovercrowding, unemploymentandcrime.
Therearetwomainsolutionstothe overpopulation problem.Firstly,everywomanwho
ispregnant, butwho doesnotwantto givebirth,should beallowed bylawto havean
abortion.Secondly, governmentsmusteducatepeopletolimit
thesizeofthefamily.InChina,couples
arepenalisedfinanciallyifthey havemorethan onechild.Thismayseemcruel, butthe
"one-child policy"isbeginningto haveaneffectintheworld'smostpopulous nation.