Saturday, January 27, 2007

Task 2 essay writing

Dear Tony,
I did an extra task 2 essay writing. I took the following question from the book Insight into IELTS:
The age of Information Technology has taken a lot of people by surprise. While it has become a way of life for some , others know very little about it and may be unlikely to learn. Eventually we will have have a polarised society and this will lead to serious social problems.

I agree that we will face a divided society as a result of Information Technology. Some people have excepted this technology with open arms and some have not. But I do not think that this will lead to any significant social issues.
I would like to use computers as an example to justify my belief. There are millions of people who have accepted this machine into their daily lives. Whereas there are equally the same number of people who do not appreciate this equipment and do not use it at all. And there are some who do not have the knowledge to work with a computer. It is usually the elderly people who fall in this category. They are not familiar with its working and therefore do not like using it. This is mostly because when they were growing up computers were not widely available to the public as they are now. They were only used by certain people mostly for research purposes. Computing was not even a subject at schools back then, therefore the generation before us grew up not learning about computers.
On the other hand, nowadays, majority of the population own a personal computer or a laptop were they can have access to Internet at all times. Information Technology has opened doors for many people and has made many things possible. People use computers together with Internet for all sorts of everyday activities from shopping to sending emails to people across the world in matter of seconds. It is also widely used at work place for many daily business activities. Many believe that their work has been made easier by the computer and that time can be saved and be put into other useful tasks. Whereas there are some who argue that many jobs have been lost because of the Information Technology.
I conclude, that ultimately we will have two groups of people, the ones who welcome Information Technology and appreciate its contribution to the society and others who are not so fond of it. But in my opinion I do not think that this divided society with their different views on the matter will face any serious social problems. I believe the older generation who are not so keen on this machine will always consider themselves old fashioned and will not make use of the advantages of this modern technology. On the other hand the younger generation will enjoy the era of Information Technology to its fullest.

Sincerely,
Maryam

2 comments:

Maryam said...

I was just reading my essay and already I found two mistakes:-)
I have repeated the word "have" in the question, twice. I also think that there should be a comma after the word "therefore" in the following sentence:
Computing was not even a subject at schools back then, therefore, the generation before us grew up not learning about computers.

So far two mistakes, lets see if there will be more :-)
Maryam

Tony Beale said...

Hello Maryam

Thanks for the post! At some stage I will have a look at it, but am under a bit of pressure at the moment...

Please don't get obsessed with mistakes - in IELTS we look for what you can do with your English and give you credit for the positive aspects of your speaking and writing.

Any errors that are still 'hard wired' into your English profile will be hard to eradicate (maybe we've had a breakthrough with Mona and her plurals problem though!!!).

So, give me time and bear with me -it's going to be a loooooong week!

Tony