losesmarks, however, becauseitdoesn'tanswerthe questionabout`whichmediumis
mosteffective'andalso becauseitisundertheminimumlength(only 230words).
Thewriterhastriedto organiseideasand usesparagraphingtostructuretheresponse.
However,themessageisconfusedattimesandtheanswerisincomplete.Someideas
arelinkedappropriately, butthereisalotofrepetitionacrosssentences.
Thewriterusesalimitedrangeoflanguagequiterepetitivelyandthereare onlysimple
sentences.However,theseare often quiteaccurate,althoughtherearemanyexamples
ofbasicerrorsin grammarand punctuation.
Sample 40
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthistask.
Writeaboutthefollowingtopic:
Itisbecomingmoreandmoredifficulttoescapetheinfluenceofthemedia on
ourlives.
Discusstheadvantagesanddisadvantagesoflivinginamediarichsociety.
Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourown
knowledgeorexperience.
Writeatleast 250 words.
modelanswer:
Themediaisaboutcommunicationand Isupposemostofuswouldagreethat,as
human beingsweneedtocommunicate.Weneedto knowwhatisgoing onintheworld
generally;wewantto beentertainedandto keepintouchwith people.Oldermedia,
suchasnewspapers,radioandTV help usdothis, butthenewermedia, particularlythe
internetandmobile
phonesgofurther.Wehavemorechoiceintermsofwhatwewatch orwhowetalkto.
IhaveanI-Phonewhichallowsme-just by using onedevice-tomakephonecalls, use
theinternet,listentomusic, play gamesandwatch videos.Andit'sall
immediate,and portable.Itmakesyoufeelincontrol, buttherearcdisadvantagestoo.
Peoplearealwaystextingandemailingeach otherandifthey don'thavetheir phoneor
laptoparound,theyfeelcutoff.Also, haveyouseenagroup ofteenagers
inacafewherethey'renottalkingtoeach other, butusingtheirphones?It'savery
commonsightthesedays,whichmany peoplefeelisworrying,asweseemto prefer
usingtechnologytoface-to-facecommunication.
Wearealsospoiltforchoice-perhapstoomuchchoice.TherearesomanyTV
channels, butsomany oftheprogrammesarepoorquality.There'salsosomuch
advertisingallaround us,tryingto persuadeusto buythingswedon'treally need.To
surviveinsuchasociety, you haveto beveryawareofthepowerthemediacan have
overyou, youractionsand youropinions,andtry nottoletitcontrol yourlife.