IELTS WRITING: Two-Way Question

                                              TYPE 5:  Two-Way Question

You have 40 minutes to answer this question. Write at least 250 words.

With technology speeding up, more and more young people begin to use mobile phones and the internet, but old people have little chance to be exposed to them. In what ways could mobile phones and the internet be useful to the old people? How can old people be encouraged to use this technology?

Give reasons for your answer and include examples from your knowledge or experience

Key Word Analysis

1. Young people use mobile phones more

2. Older people have little use of mobile phones

3. in what ways mobile phones useful to older people

4. How to encourage older people to use mobile phone

Sample Answer

Paragraph 1 Introduction

Thanks to the exponential growth of science and technology, the younger generation has become technophiles and they are comfortable with e-gadgets; however, the elderly people are uneasy with them. [paraphrase]. This essay will dwell on how mobile phones could be made useful to them, and the ways to motivate the senior citizens to handle such technology easily. [Thesis sentence].

Glossary

1. Thanks to: Due to, owing to, because of, as a result of, on the basis of

2. Exponential : growing, mounting, epidemic, rampant, augmenting

3. Technophile: Expert, authority, genius, wizard, mastermind

4. e-gadget: Devices, appliances, machines, tool.

5. Motivate: encourage, prompt, inspire, trigger, induce, prod

Paragraph 2 Body Para 1

To embark on, there are multiple ways how the old generation can use modern communication technology. [Argument 1]. The social isolation the senior citizens suffer from can be sublimated if they know how to use mobile phones and the net. [Reason].  For instance, they can very easily contact their kith and kin using web camera. (Example). Moreover, they can call ambulance at emergency or make tele-consultations with doctors sitting at the comfort of their homes. Thus, mobile phones and the internet are a boon for the old people. [Conclusion-BP1].

Glossary

1. Isolation: Loneliness, separation, segregation, detachment, insularity

2. Sublimated:  Transferred, reduced, diverted, re-directed, controlled.

3. Boon: Blessing, bonus, advantage, gift

Paragraph 3 Body Para 2

Furthermore, we can inspire the old people to use modern communication gadgets. [Argument 2].To that end, the governments and NGOs should offer them free training and make it available at subsidized rates. ( Reason) For example, in several countries around the globe, user-friendly models are available in the market, which can alleviate much of the concerns of the old people. [Example]. In this way, old people can be encouraged to use the new technology. [Conclusion- BP2]

Glossary

1. Subsidized: Reduced, funded, endowed

2. Alleviate: Reduce, ease, relieve, diminish, palliate

Paragraph 4 Conclusion

To conclude, although the young generation is tapping the full benefits of the blessings of the modern technology, the older people fail to catch up with them. [Re-written paraphrase] .This essay has established how they could reap the blessings of modern technology and what could be done to encourage them to attain it.  [Re-written thesis]

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