Best Practice Book for IELTS Writing

5 What is wrong with your country’seducationsystem. ....................

Sample 11

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Inrecentyearstherehasbeenavastincrease in the number of studentschoosing
to study abroad. This is partly
....................peoplearemoreaffluentandpartly.................... the variety of grants
andscholarshipswhichareavailablefor overseas students nowadays.....................

foreign study is not something whicheverystudentwouldchoose,itisanattractive
optionformany people.
Studying overseas has a number of ad vantages....................., it may give
studentsaccesstoknowledgeandfacilities
....................laboratoriesandlibrarieswhicharenotavailableintheirhomecountry.
...................., by looking abroadstudentsmayfindawiderrangeofcoursesthanthose
offeredintheircountry’s universities, and.................... one whichfits more closely
to their particularrequirements.
...................., studying abroad has a numberofdrawbacks.Thesemay be divided
into personal and professional.
....................studentshavetoleavetheirfamily and friends for a long period.
.................... studying abroad is almost
alwaysmoreexpensivethatstudyingin one’s local university.....................,
studentsoften havetostudyinaforeignlanguage,whichmaylimittheir performance
andmeanthey do notattaintheirtruelevel.
...................., however, the disadvantages of studying abroad are usually temporary
in nature.Studentswhostudyabroad generally become proficient in thelanguage
quite soon and they are onlyawayfromtheirfamilyandfriendsfora year or two.
...................., many of the benefitslaststudentsalltheirlivesandmakethemhighly
desirableto prospectiveemployers.