Các em thân mến, bên cạnh dạng bài Argumentative Essay như chúng ta đã tìm hiểu ở bài học hôm trước thì Discussion Essay cũng là một dạng bài các em thường xuyên gặp phải trong bài thi Writing task 2.
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Đầu tiên, chúng ta cùng nhau phân tích ví dụ 1 sau:
“Parents and family background have more influence than teachers of young person’s learning and academic achievement. Discussion.”
>> Mở bài:
Ví dụ: ” The issue of educating children remains controversial. Some people believe that family background is an important catalyst for children to reach of success while others claim that teachers can guide children to the most effective way of education. My writing will analyze both sides of the issue.”
Chúng ta có những cách để mở đầu như:
Some/many/most people | think/consider that…
It is widely believed that…
It is possible/probable that…
It can be argued that…
It has been suggested that…
Opponents of … think/believe/claim that…
Ví dụ 2: Computers are being used more and more in education. Some people say that this is a positive trend, while others argue that it is leading to negative consequences.
Discuss both sides of this argument and then give your own opinion.
Without a doubt, the use of computers is being expanded increasingly in many fields, especially education. It is widely believed that this trend will give people a big advantage; however, the opponents claim that it is causing many drawbacks. This essay will discuss both views of the problem.
Cùng phân tích ví dụ 3 sau đây:
Đề bài: Some people believe that studying at university or college is the best route to a successful career, while others believe that it is to a job straight after school. Discuss both views and give your opinion
The best way to build up a career has been a controversial question. Itiswidely believed that going to university or college is the perfectly decent answerwhile other people share the belief that one should get a job right after school. Both sidesof the issue will be under discussion within the scopeof thiswriting.
>> Sau khi phân tích các ví dụ, chúng ta cùng tổng kết lại những cấu trúc câu thường dùng trong IELTS Discussion Essay nhé!
| Strong opinions | Weak opinions | Other opinions language | |
| I’m a firm believer in… | With some reservations, I’d | It is my view that… | |
| Your experience | Others opinions and experience | ||
| In my (personal) experience,… | It is commonly thought that… | ||
| Advantages | Disadvantages | Switching to talking about |
| The main advantage… | The most negative thing | On the other hand,… |
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