It is observed in many countries that less and less people nowadays go to the cinema to watch movies. What could be the possible cause and solution of this?

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Sample Response

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Many countries have recently observed that there is a declining trend in the number of people who watch moviesnumber of people watch movies in the cinema. This essay will discuss possible reasons for the decline in cinema audiencesdeclination of movie viewers as well as some solutions to address this issue.

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In the era of globalisation, people are more interested in spending their leisure time at home rather than going out, especially to catchhanging around especially catching a movie in the cinema. It could be a factor that contributescontributed to the matter. Effect of busy and tight schedule of working days, people are more interested in relaxing their mind and muscle at home while watching a television program or doing something which is very meaningful for them. For instance, the television programmes are definitely enough for them to watch and enjoy while staying at home nowadays. There are a lot of channels including music, movies, documentaries, home box office, comedycomedian shows, news showsshow and others which can make people think twice before going to the cinema.

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Easy access to online movies is another reason people visit the cinemapeople visit cinema less frequently. It is natural that people would prefer to watch the latest movie on their plasma screen 3D TV at home rather than spending money to buy cinema tickets. Online movies and piracy have negative effects on the number of cinema viewers nowadays. Finally, the low quality of locally made filmslow quality of locally made movies is another factor that discourages people fromin visiting cinema halls.

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In order to tackle this issue, film authorities and the government need to be involved and take further actionactions, so that our film industry does not face extinctionface the extinction phase. The first and foremost thing is the director should produce a fresh and high quality of story line which can give more benefits and eventually able to attract people to watch films in the cinema. Next, the cinema organiser or company can make an effort to advertise the film widely and offer the public a promotional daygive a promotion day for the people. For example, establishing a special day with specially discounted ticketswith the special low rate of movie tickets might attract more people to go to the cinemago the cinema.

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Piracy should be prevented and better cinema halls should be built to attract people to watch movies in the cinema. Lastly, the government perhaps can invest some money for improving their film quality to the international level and consequently can increase the confidence level of people toward the locally made films.

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In conclusion, the number of people who go to the cinema is declining nowadays and that might be due to easy access to the cinema at home, satellite TV channels, piracy and low-quality local films. This problem could be addressed in several waysaddressed through different ways such as producing good and quality films locally, offering a low rate for tickets, preventing piracy and encouraging people to watch movies in cinema through wide-ranging advertisingby wide range advertisement. The government also can make some investments for the film as to increase the film quality to the international level.

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 6.5

The essay covers several plausible causes and matching solutions, and its organisation makes the overall argument easy to follow. However, development is sometimes repetitive or general, and frequent awkward word choices and sentence constructions reduce precision despite the clear message. Prioritising two or three cause-solution links, then expressing each in more natural and grammatically complete sentences, would produce a more controlled response.

Band score breakdown

IELTS Writing Criteria Scores

TR

Task Response

7.0
Scoring rule

The response addresses both causes and solutions with a range of relevant ideas and some supporting explanation.

Next step

Develop fewer solutions more precisely by showing how each one directly counters a stated cause.

CC

Coherence and Cohesion

7.0
Scoring rule

The essay is logically sequenced and appropriately paragraphed, though some points and the conclusion repeat earlier material.

Next step

Condense repeated ideas and use each body paragraph to present one clearly connected cause-solution group.

LR

Lexical Resource

6.0
Scoring rule

Vocabulary is adequate and occasionally varied, but frequent unnatural collocations and word-form choices limit precision.

Next step

Use natural alternatives for phrases such as declination of movie viewers, extinction phase, and special low rate.

GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

6.0
Scoring rule

The response uses both simple and complex structures, but recurring errors with articles, sentence formation, agreement, and prepositions are noticeable.

Next step

Revise incomplete or loosely constructed sentences so every clause has a clear subject, verb, and grammatical connection.

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