Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? There is nothing that young people can teach older people. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

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Sample Response

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Older people are generally believed to have more experiencebetter experiences and practical perspectives on lifepractical views about life than the young generation. NeverthelessAlbeit that, I disagree with the view that young people have nothing to teach them. First of all, young people can adapt to technology more quicklyadopt technology faster and they can teach their seniors how to use these technologies to improve their lifestylesimprove lifestyle. For instance, I have noticed several times that my 10 years old nephew was teaching my grandfather how to use Facebook, how to operate a digital camera, where to search for particular informationa particular information on the internet and many similar taskslots of such things. So obviously my grandfather learned from my nephew and there are manysuch many technological skillsaspects young people can teach the older ones. Secondly, young peopleyouths know the changes and trends of the current world better than older persons and that’s something they can share with the olderaged people. For instance, my sister who is a sophomore shares a great deal of informationnumerous information with my father and aunt regarding politicsthe politics, social progress, the role of governmentroles of Government, policy changes etc. and to me, my sister seems to be betterwell informed than my father and aunt regarding current affairsthe current affairs. From my experience, I can see that older people have more experiencea better experience and they can adviseadvice what the right things to do arewhat are the correct things to do. In certain sectors, like research, teaching, banking etc. they are performing far better than young employees. But the sectors where the innovation and hardworking are required, young people prone to do better. In my opinion, there are yet tonnes of things that the older people can learn from young people including technologies where the young people always excel compared with the older generationexcel than the elder generation.

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 6.5

The response gives a clear disagreement, develops two relevant areas in which younger people can teach older people, and supports both with personal examples. Its effectiveness is limited by the absence of paragraphing and by frequent grammatical and lexical inaccuracies, although the argument remains understandable. The highest-priority improvement is to organize each main reason into its own paragraph and edit recurring comparison, countability, and verb-form errors.

Band score breakdown

IELTS Writing Criteria Scores

TR

Task Response

7.0
Scoring rule

The position is clear and supported with two relevant, extended reasons and specific examples, despite a brief digression about older people's strengths.

Next step

Keep the counterpoint concise and explain more precisely how knowledge of current trends benefits older people.

CC

Coherence and Cohesion

6.0
Scoring rule

The argument follows a logical sequence, but presenting the entire essay as one paragraph weakens its organization and readability.

Next step

Use separate introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs, with one body paragraph for each main reason.

LR

Lexical Resource

6.0
Scoring rule

The response shows adequate range for the topic, but recurring errors in collocation, countability, and comparison reduce precision.

Next step

Use accurate forms such as information, better informed than, advice, and excel at, and avoid awkward age-related labels.

GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

6.0
Scoring rule

Both simple and complex sentences are used, but frequent errors in articles, noun forms, agreement, and comparative structures remain evident.

Next step

Systematically check noun countability and comparative patterns, then revise incomplete constructions such as young people are prone to do better.

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IELTS Writing Task 2

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? There is nothing that young people can teach older people. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

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