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IELTS Writing Sample #184

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

In many countries, very few young people read newspapers or follow the news on TV. What do you think are the causes of this?

What solutions can you suggest?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Write at least 250 words.

Exam Tip

• Some IELTS writing tasks contain more than one question. Make sure that your answer fully covers all parts of the task.
• You might be asked to write about a problem and consider possible causes and solutions.
• Make sure that any causes you suggest are relevant. Give reasons and examples.
• Make sure that any solutions you suggest deal with the causes of the problem.
• Describe how your solutions might be put into practice, giving reasons and examples.

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There is increasing concern in many countries that newspapers are not being read and the news on television is not being watched by many young people. As a
result, young people in these countries are not up-to-date with or even concerned about local, national and international events.

The major causes of this problem are that most newspapers and news programmes are designed for an adult audience and are not presented in a format that
teenagers find attractive. Few young people read newspapers because the language is too difficult and the style and content is usually quite serious. A lack of interest
in the news is also due to the fact that young people are fascinated by new technology, such as computers and the Internet. As a result of this there is a lower interest
in traditional news formats, which are considered unappealing and unfashionable.

There are some strategies that can be used to encourage young people to keep abreast of the news. The first is to have news agencies present the news in formats
that are appealing for the young. The easiest way to do this would be to present news on internet sites that are designed for a younger audience. Another way to
confront the problem is to have schools involved in the publication of regular school newspapers. Recent local, national and international news events could be
included, although schools should also encourage pupils to be involved in the writing of articles and submissions. This newspaper could then be distributed to all the
pupils, which means a greater number of young people would regularly read news stories.

The low number of young people reading newspapers and following the news on television can be increased by presenting the news in formats that are appealing to
them. The key is to utilise websites and also have schools publish their own newspapers, which students are involved in.

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Angela Ke • 16 days ago − ⚑

Most of the countries are facing a situation that a great percentage of young people neither read newspapers nor watch TV news anymore. There are
numerous reasons cause this social problem; the prevailing of internet and smartphones might be the most major triggers. To solve this position, I believe
that providing some informative resources in the school is the best solution.

In this era of technology, people, especially the junior community, are often addicted to electronic products, like computers and smartphones. This caused the
young people do not have a habit which is acquiring knowledge or information from times paper or TV news channels. Instead, they spend a lot of time on
the online social group; for instance, Facebook and Twitter for their leisure time and they do not really pay attention to what is the society going on. Thus, this
phenomenon can hardly be extinguished by changing the young group’s lifestyle in the leisure time. However, to suggest a method to solve this problem, the
school should provide some informative resource to the young people.

Indeed, once the school provides the students with some news, it could let the students have a better opportunity to catch up the things happening in the
society in which we live. If students read news paper or watch TV news broadcasts in school time can make themselves know the community better is for
sure. Additionally, after students graduate, they will have a great possibility to keep both watching TV news and reading times due to the habit created in the

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sure. Additionally, after students graduate, they will have a great possibility to keep both watching TV news and reading times due to the habit created in the
school time.

In conclusion, the young stop receiving information from the news is a worldwide position; it is majorly owing to the new generation of technology. The best
way to solve this problem is accustoming students to read and watch news from school and it will admittedly help.

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Need some comments and advises, appreciate it
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mike > Angela Ke • 14 hours ago − ⚑

numerous reasons that cause.....the major trigger...to solve this problem, i believe
electronic equipment. this causes young people not to have a habit of acquiring....from news papers (times is a "single" newspaper company name) ..
on online social medias(groups) <-- this are some of the simple mistakes.
i am not tryin to be an expert my mother tongue is not English i am just a fellow examinee.
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Krunal Prajapati > Angela Ke • 9 days ago − ⚑

Useful👍
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Nabeel Iqbal • a month ago − ⚑

can any one please read my essay and comment

There is an increasing concern over decreasing popularity of newspapers and TV news channel among youngsters. Over the years, the News media has
transformed rapidly. Earlier the only source of news was through newspapers; later came Radio, TV and now it’s an era of social media.
Lots have changed over the time; earlier people had time to read newspaper, watch News channels however today in this fast moving society people don’t
have time even for their families. Old generation isn’t affected because they have being living their life long before internet evolution. On the other hand
youngsters now can’t imagine a life without internet. As a result, youngsters tend to omit Newspaper from their routine. News is marketed nowadays; there
are newspapers or new channels which satisfies a single crowd. It may be of single political party, race, caste, colour or even gender. It creates confusion
among new viewers. While they discover a crowd for themselves, they might no longer be youngster.
All the main stream media should find their way into smart phones through software applications inorder to catch the attention of young people. Increasing
trends like of twitter to follow “Hashtag” or short videos can be used to draw youth into media.
It is important for the youth to follow the day-to-day news since they are the future citizens. Lastly, next generation of individuals should be aware of all the
good and the bad around the world so as to become a great Human being.
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‫ > ﻣﻌﻠم إﻧﺟﻠﯾزي‬Nabeel Iqbal • 16 days ago − ⚑

Good ..... but focus on the main sentence of the question of the task .... also focus on conclusion
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Kudzayi Tamayi • a month ago − ⚑

Please read my essay, and assist me on what I need to improve on.

Global Mail recently conducted a survey on how much of the young generation population reads daily newspapers. After an extensive survey, they
discovered that less than 2 percent of the the young people read newspapers as a form of literature.

During the survey they found four major reasons why young people are not keen on reading newspapers. Firstly, majority complained that newspapers are
not appealing to look at because of the graphics, content and font used to convey information. They further described it as too serious, redundant and boring
to the eye. In addition, every young person now has access to a form of technology, for instance, cell phone, tablet and/or laptop. These new technology
advancements allow unlimited social media access such as snapchat, Instagram, twitter and Facebook as well as the internet for Netflix and other browsing
websites. Magazines and the internet display new fashion trends and celebrity news which young people seem to find more interesting to read or follow.

In order to resolve this issue, global mail suggested to the teachers and lecturers that they should engage the students by coming up with a student
journalism committee. In addition, the students could develop a social media committee which would make the students more interested in reading
meaningful and relevant literature. The journalism committee in schools would be responsible for editing a on campus newspaper that would feature one or
two stories from the “adult newspaper” in addition to their on campus news. On the social media webpages such as Facebook and twitter, they could put up
another story which students could engage in a interactive debate.

In conclusion, the best way to get young people to find interest in reading daily newspapers is to engage them by tailoring it to match their interests. Take
advantage of the new forms of technology, social platforms, change the wording and formatting in order to grab their full attention.
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mike > Kudzayi Tamayi • 14 hours ago − ⚑

spectacular
but what about tv news.
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Krunal Prajapati > Kudzayi Tamayi • 9 days ago − ⚑

Very useful. 👍
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Sivaraj Karuppiah > Kudzayi Tamayi • 19 days ago − ⚑

This is a very good essay
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Sri • 3 days ago − ⚑

Reading news is essential in order to keep up with the current affairs. However, current generation's young people are not showing any interest in reading the
news nor watching it on television. This essay will discuss some of the causes for this trend and suggests few practical solutions for this problem.

Young people feel there is no connection between watching the news and their academic studies. Therefore, they tend to ignore watching the news in order
to order cope up with the academics. This trend is becoming increasingly popular with the entrance of corporate schools into the education sector, which
added fuel to the fire, as corporate schools do not give any priority to the current affairs in their teaching methodology. On the other hand, parents also give
first priority to the academic scores than the current affairs, which is furthermore increasing the intensity of this trend.

In order to deal with this situation, new channels or news papers should make news interesting to the young people by adding some entertainment into it. For
instance, news on television can include a skirt to convey the same information with added entertainment. Regard less of the type of school, all of them
should encourage children to develop the interest in watching the news and reading news papers. For example, they can include a mandatory news reading
class during the start of the day, and opportunity should be given to all the students on a rotational basis to read the news for rest of the class.

In conclusion, even though there are several causes for this issue like lack of encouragement from parents and schools, there are quiet a number of
solutions like news with entertainment and encouragement from schools will definitely help to reverse this trend in near future.
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imu • 10 days ago − ⚑

There is no denying the fact that the popularity of newspapers and news TV channels as main sources of news has been in a rapid decline among the young
generation. There are many reasons for this drastic decline:

First, many youngsters spend a lot of their time on their phones. Cell phones have become the most used gadget in today’s life. It is nor surprising that social
media giants like Facebook and Twitter incorporate news on their sites to constantly keep the users hooked up on their favorite social media. Hence, if the
youngsters are getting the news from social media, then there is no need for them to buy a newspaper or spend time watching news on TV.

Second, the credibility of news channels has been questioned a lot in recent years. With the rise of social media, the audience is raising their voice against
any fake news that is been broadcasted on the news channels. This in turn sends a negative perception of the news outlet amongst the youngsters.
Therefore, many youngsters tend to avoid watching the news channels altogether.

Third, in today’s society that we live in, it is extremely awkward for a youngster to carry a copy of a newspaper with him/her. Youngsters are afraid of being
labelled as old school and hence they avoid buying the newspapers.

There are some ways to fix this problem. One way is to create newspaper apps so that youngsters can install them on their phones. Since youngsters spend
much of their time on the phone, there is a high chance that they will open and read the news in the app. Another solution is that the news channels should
try their best to protect their credibility by providing unbiased and truthful news on TV and try to incorporate the news on social media by creating pages and
uploading news videos. In this way, youngsters will be able to browse their favorite social media and read the news from their favorite news page.

To conclude, youngsters want to keep themselves up to date with news but the problem is the way in which the news is presented. The news needs to be
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Boshra • 16 days ago − ⚑

Following news on TV or reading newspaper not common among young people in many countries. So, what are the causes of this situation and how can we
urge young people to increase their desire in following news?
Of course, there are few percentage of youth who really interest in news in different issues in the globe. but the majority of them are not concern in news or
what happen in other countries or even in their countries.
There are a lot of causes to this fact. The lack of responsibility in youth one of the reasons which make them less interested in news. The other reason is that
young people usually do not have time to watch news as they busy in their studying and when they have leisure time they prefer to spend it in their hobbies
or watching more interesting thing in TV instead of watching the news. In addition to that, the nature of young people tend to happiness and less serious
toward the world. As they find political and wars in news very boring and cause them painful they avoid following the news.
In fact, the lack of following news is bad thing and increase ignorance and less responsibility among youth. Thus, we should search about solutions to
enhance young people to be more serious and conscious and start to pay attention to global and local news.
Families and governments playing major role in moving the attention of youth to the serious issues in the world. Fathers and mothers should sit with their
sons and daughters and discuss with them important news from early age and they must trying to not ignoring them and to appreciate their opinion. In this
way, children gain confidence and feel of responsibility from childhood. Additionally, government must interest in informing young people and encouraging
them to be more responsible figures via creating different programs in schools or universities, take their suggestions and pinions in different issues around
the world.
Overall, lacking of reading newspaper or watching news is common problem in many countries and it needs a lot of time to solve it.
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paheli • a month ago − ⚑

I think its a band 8 essay
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Harjinder • a month ago − ⚑

There are no keywords like 'In conclusion' , 'To begin with' etc.. How much bands this essay can get?
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Kudzayi Tamayi > Harjinder • a month ago − ⚑

what do you mean there are no key words like "In conclusion"
From what I understand, every argument has a conclusion, you cannot leave an argument without arriving at a conclusion
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Rupinder Roop > Harjinder • a month ago − ⚑

Because ... only suggestion pusheya hoya ... agree or disagree ja conclusion nhi keha uper statement read kro
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preet singh • 2 months ago − ⚑

how can i download this task as a pdf?
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Niket > preet singh • 2 months ago − ⚑

install firefox and change the view to reader view then press ctrl+p and in options select save as pdf.
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preet singh > Niket • a month ago − ⚑

Is that possible on Google chrome?? Or mobile??
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