• IELTS WRITING Task 2 , Band Score 7.5 : “museums and art galleries”

    مهر ۲۴, ۱۳۹۷ نام: حمید ملازاده

    Some suppose museums and art galleries should be free of charge for the general public, yet others claim a charge, even a voluntary one, should be levied for admittance.

    Discuss both ideas and state your opinion.

    It is glaringly obvious that museums and art galleries help people get acquainted with their history, which teaches them an array of important points about their predecessors. Some, I myself included, contend that no entrance fee ought to be charged to visit such cultural places to incentivize visitors, whereas others subscribe to the view that levying an entrance fee can help the institutions to meet their expenses and give better services to people.

    Convincing arguments can be made that being familiar with past historical and cultural events and learning from them plays a key role in countries’ prosperity and those who highlight this fact, including I myself, opine that should museums not levy admittance fees, more individuals will be encouraged to expend time in such places. This can help them get educated not only about historical events but also about their ancestors’ priorities in terms of culture, manners, arts, to name but a few. A newly conducted survey by Tourism Development Organization in Iran indicates that the number of museum goers witnesses a 50% rise on special occasions like International Museum Day when people are charged half as much as the other days.

    Nonetheless, others concede that an entrance fee, even an optional one, has some plus points, the most significant of which is helping those in charge of these places to meet a part of financial demands namely security, renovation, and personnel’s salary. Most institutions that care for artifacts and other objects of historical and cultural importance are controlled by the private sector; as a result, no state budget is allocated to them to meet their ever-growing costs. Indeed, some galleries will not be able to continue serving people unless they charge an entry fee. Needless to say, galleries and museums get dilapidated as the time passes and it is beyond question that periodic renovation needs cash. Moreover, installing and upgrading security systems in these places, which require massive budget, is of great importance. For instance, there are some local museums in Iran whose precious items are frequently stolen due to lack of closed circuit television systems, which should have been installed long ago; nonetheless, it is postponed because of financial constraints.

    In conclusion, I personally assume that the upside of not charging admission fees outstrips the downside.

    Mollazadeh

    Time: 50′

    Word count: 400  

  • IELTS Writing: “top-class celebs depend on the press and photographers to spread their fame or there should be limits to the amount of intrusion into the private life of well-known figures?”

    مرداد ۱۰, ۱۳۹۷ نام: حمید ملازاده

    Due to advances in high-tech photographic equipment, intruding on the private lives of high-profile personalities is easier than ever. Some concede that top-class celebs depend on the press and photographers to spread their fame, yet others contend there should be limits to the amount of intrusion into the private life of well-known figures.

    Discuss both views and give your opinion.

    The extent to which the press as well as photojournalists should be allowed to intrude upon high-profile figures like celebrities, athletes, and politicians is a contentious issue. Some assume well-known personalities owe their reputation to mass media and photographers; nonetheless, others, I myself included, contend that no matter how famous people are, their privacy ought to be respected.

    On the one hand, some believe not only are TV cameras and Paparazzi not intrusive, but also they help people rise to fame and enjoy it. Proponents of this idea highlight the fact that had it not been for the press, celebrities would not be able to earn a reputation. Take the endless list of famous individuals namely Angelina Jolie, Barack Hussein Obama, Kimberly Kardashian, Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Jordan, most of whom won a reputation either after showing up in a popular TV show or being interviewed by an adventurous journalist.

    Nevertheless, opponents of invasion of privacy, including I myself, note that regardless of people’s social status and fame, nobody should be permitted to invade their private life. Privacy is a fundamental human right recognized in the UN Declaration of Human Rights as well as many other international and regional treaties. Moreover, privacy underpins human dignity and other key values such as freedom of speech. Undoubtedly, violating this basic right, especially by photographers who take pictures of entertainers, political figures and other celebrities, can lead to irreparable harms, one of which is losing face and being humiliated in public. A newly conducted survey in Hollywood has revealed that about 55% of all superstars who make their living in the public eye expect their privacy to be respected.

    Taking the above-mentioned facts into account, I personally concede that even if the press help high-profile people come to fame and fortune, journalists and   photographers should stick to certain regulations not to disrespect anybody’s privacy, in particular top-class personalities’.

    Hamid Mollazadeh

    Time: 50′

    Words: 310   

  • IELTS Writing: “studying international news as one of the school subjects or not?”

    اردیبهشت ۱۹, ۱۳۹۷ نام: حمید ملازاده

    IELTS Writing: “studying international news as one of the school subjects or not?”

    Some people think that secondary school children should study international news as one of the school subjects. Other people think that it is a waste of valuable school time. Give reasons for your answer and include and relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

    The potential for the global media to shape the view of today’s youth is considerable. However, while some commentators think that the media has no place within secondary education, other analysts defend the idea that international news should be studied at school. In this essay, I shall examine a number of studies which show that both viewpoints are, to some degree, justified.

    To begin with, the global media undoubtedly enriches teenagers understanding of contemporary affairs. This is because television reports provide concise summaries of international affairs. For example, a study run by Oxford sociologists showed that the media heavily influenced teenagers’ knowledge of contemporary affairs. Since any secondary school education would be incomplete without an awareness of such events, it is therefore clear that the media can play a vital role in assisting education.

    One the other hand, many critics argue that teenagers are negatively affected by the global media’s focus on wars and civil unrest. This is because exposure to violence often leads to depression. For example, recent surveys have discovered that depressed teenagers usually cite the dismal state of the world as a source of their depression. Since mental health is an important objective of secondary education, it is therefore questionable whether the study of international news wouldn’t be a destructive and wasteful use of school resource.

    In conclusion, it should be clear that there are reasons for and against the study of news at school. Thus if medial studies are to enter schools in the future, schools will have to think about how negative aspects of the news can be decreased, and positive aspects maximized.

  • Writing IELTS: What are the advantages and disadvantages for the child of having a large number of toys?

    دی ۲۴, ۱۳۹۶ نام: حمید ملازاده

    Writing IELTS

    Some parents buy their children a large number of toys to play with. What are the advantages and disadvantages for the child of having a large number of toys?

     

    It is true that many parents purchase a multitude of playthings for their offspring. Whether or not this is a good thing for the child, is a moot point. On the face of it the advantages seem most apparent, but could there be a downside to this phenomenon of devoted parenting as well?

    Most people would consider children who have many toys to be the fortunate ones. Interesting things to play with stimulate many positives in the young boy or girl, such as optimum brain development, hand-eye coordination and colour recognition, apart from the simple joy of playing. Modern toys are designed to be educational as well as fun, and concerned parents carefully select products which might speed their child’s acquisition of numbers or the alphabet.

    Is it possible that owning multiple toys could be in any way detrimental to a child? This is an unusual question, but there are some hidden pitfalls. For one, wealthy parents might spoil their son or daughter by showering him/her with toys, resulting in a negative effect on the child’s character. For another, a growing child’s concentration span may suffer if they are constantly surrounded by too many tempting objects, so that they become unable to focus on any one game for a decent length of time before being distracted. On the social side, older children may become targets of envy from classmates, if they are perceived as having far more possessions than their peers. Finally, the majority of toys today are made of plastic which commonly contains the chemical BPA, proven to be dangerous for infants to suck on or ingest.

    It is clear then that this situation is not as straightforward as it first appears. It would seem that one of the many duties of parents is to make an informed choice about how many toys they buy for their young ones.

  • Writing IELTS: Is spending a lot on holding wedding parties, birthday parties and other celebrations just a waste of money?

    دی ۱۷, ۱۳۹۶ نام: حمید ملازاده

    Writing IELTS:

    Some people think that spending a lot on holding wedding parties, birthday parties and other celebrations is just a waste of money. Others, however, think that these are necessary for individuals and the society. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

    Throwing parties can be expensive. While some people do not find these fancy parties worth what they cost, others believe parties are important to both individuals and the society.

    People choose to throw parties for a number of reasons. For starters, parties can make better teams. Project kick-off parties are good opportunities to break the ice and help team members to know each other better. Victory parties create a sense of success and belonging. Companies do not see parties as wastes of money and allocate budget to support such events. Moreover, parties often leave good memories. From our own experiences, we all have happy memories of our birthday parties when we were little. Every family has great photos took on family parties in their album. In addition, contrary to what some people believe that spending on parties is a waste of social resources, parties actually create value, either by employing people in the party planning business or by offering people better party experiences.

    The popularity of parties, however, causes some tension in the society. Parties are hard on introverted people who find themselves uncomfortable in parties. This is a clinic symptom which psychologists call it “social anxiety disorder”. There are other ways to celebrate important events that may have greater value for their cost. For instance, companies could send out gifts after successful projects and parents could take their children on family trips to celebrate birthdays.

    In my opinion, while a party is a form of social event that brings many benefits to individuals and the society, other choices should also be considered, either to cut spending or to relieve the stress of those who are not fond of parties.

    This is a very good essay. Other than minor inaccuracies there are no problems (mouse over the words underlined in blue shows corrections). Seems to be worth IELTS Band 8.

  • Writing IELTS: Public libraries should only provide books and should not waste their limited resources on expensive high-tech media such as software, videos or DVDs.

    دی ۱۲, ۱۳۹۶ نام: حمید ملازاده

    Writing IELTS:

    Public libraries should only provide books and should not waste their limited resources on expensive high-tech media such as software, videos or DVDs. Do you agree or disagree?

    With the proliferation of high-tech media, some people hold that the public libraries would be rendered obsolete if they do not offer software, videos or DVDs to their users while other assert it’s only a waste of limited resources and the libraries should offer books only.

    High-tech media is, in many ways, indeed superior to the books in terms of entertainment, attraction, and functionality. For instance, videos and DVDs function as a visual means to assist people to have a first-hand experience even though those people have not physically visited or seen the objects which are introduced in the books. Also, despite the audio-visual equipment would be prohibitive to install, the capital cost would be lowered by appealing to a sizable number of users.

    More importantly, software could assist the library goers to access the Internet to update their knowledge on a daily basis; in contrast, books typically take multiple months to be published, which in turn render their contents outdated to some extent. In addition, upon learning that the computer literacy has become an essential skill recently, public libraries should take on the responsibility to educate its users how to operate a computer.

    Furthermore, it is a common practice for most public libraries to share their resources via the Internet. In this way, even if one book of interest cannot be found in one library, the borrower still could locate the book from other libraries and then request the librarians to transfer the book to that particular library.

    In conclusion, public libraries would benefit in multiple ways if they are equipped with the high-tech media.

    This is a good essay. There are only a few errors indicating that the writer needs to take care with verbs, prepositions and sentence formation. Overall, this work seems worthy of IELTS Band 8.  

  • Writing IELTS: What changes do you think the 21st century will bring?

    دی ۱۱, ۱۳۹۶ نام: حمید ملازاده

    Writing IELTS

    The 21st century has begun. What changes do you think this new century will bring? Use examples and details in your answer.

     

    Man, through the ages, has undergone many changes from the time when he depicted a herd of mammoths on the walls of his cave to these days when he can create beautiful pictures and even make coffee by use of computer technologies without leaving his favorite chair. The 20th century made huge steps in developing computer technologies and reached many goals that made our life much easier. What should we expect in the 21st century?

     

    First of all, I think that the pace of our life will speed up: we will move faster from one place to another, from one continent to another using high speed jet airplanes. Second of all, I believe that we will be able to do many things that take much time now without leaving our house. Computers will be everywhere including out clothes. Many people will have chips and mini computers inserted in their heads to hold huge amount of information and have a quick access to it.

     

    But what will be the most amazing thing in the 21st century is the flights to the outer space and Mars that will be available to all people. Scientists say that Mars has many things similar to the Earth’s. Moreover, they say that with the help of modern technology people can artificially create conditions that will allow people to live there on the constant basis.

     

    To sum up, I am sure that many amazing changes will be brought by the 21st century. Furthermore, I think that with the help of the contemporary technologies people can do many things that were even difficult to imagine a century ago. So, nowadays it is rather difficult and even impossible to imagine all changes that will happen in the next decades.

  • Writing IELTS: Take a break in studies, travel and work before further continuing education between the high school and the university

    دی ۱۰, ۱۳۹۶ نام: حمید ملازاده

    Writing IELTS:

    Some people think that students who don’t take a break in studies between the high school and the university are at disadvantage compared to students who travel and work after high school before further continuing their education. Do you agree or disagree?

    Nowadays, in our competitive world, to succeed, knowledge from school and university is not enough. Therefore, students who study from the school to university get fewer benefits and contribute less too, compared to those student who travel or work and get experience and skills before going high. There are two following reasons to support for my opinion. I refer to the group of people who study from school to university as ‘group A’ and the other group – as ‘group B’.

    Firstly, at school and university, what group A gains is almost entirely theory, theory and theory. Of course, theory is very neccessary, however, you can’t do everything with just theory. You must have praticeable experience. This is what group A lack very much. Although in the third of forth year at university, group A can be apprentices in some companies, to help them approach their future jobs, they aren’t trained well because of the short time spent working. And the real job is still very strange to them. After graduating, without experience, group A students can’t accomplish their work perfectly. On the other hand, it takes them time and money to keep up with other experienced students and they may be scorned. Therefore, group A students can contribute less than group B who have the two most important things: skills and experience.

    Secondly, as group A students are contributing less, they surely get less benefit. Moreover, many companies which employ people in group A have to train them from ground-up. These companies take this cost from group A’s salary to reduce the risk of their employees leaving to other companies after being trained. So, less benefits are unavoidable and certain, Whereas group B members are more loyal and effective workers. They also have useful experience and skills. Besides, their education is the same as or even higher than that of group A. As the result, group B gets more benefits absolutely.

    In conclusion, I think a student should travel or work before going to the university. That way, not only will they have basic knowledge but also skills and experience which are useful for them to get a good job and have a brilliant future.

  • Writing IELTS: How important is it to maintain old buildings? Should history stand in the way of progress?

    دی ۱, ۱۳۹۶ نام: حمید ملازاده

    Many old buildings protected by law are part of a nation’s history. Some people think they should be knocked down and replaced by news ones.

    How important is it to maintain old buildings?

    Should history stand in the way of progress?

    Most nations around the world have at least some, or possibly many, old buildings such as temples, churches and houses in their cities, villages and surrounding areas which have historical significance. In my opinion, it is very important to maintain these, but this does not mean progress should stop.

    Preserving certain old buildings is important for several reasons. Firstly, these structures provide an insight into the history of our countries, showing us how people many centuries ago lived their lives. Without them, we could only learn by books, and it would undoubtedly be sad if this were the only way to see them. Many of these buildings are also very beautiful. Take for example the many religious buildings such as churches and temples that we see around the world. Not only this, but on a more practical level, many of these buildings provide important income to a country as many tourists visit them in great numbers.

    However, this certainly does not mean that modernization should be discouraged. I believe that old buildings can be protected in tandem with progress. For example, in many circumstances we see old historic buildings being renovated whilst maintaining their original character, and being used for modern purposes. Also, in no way does history hinder progress, and in fact it is the opposite. By studying and learning about our history, we understand more about the world we live in, and this helps us to build a better future.

    To conclude, I believe that it is very important to protect and preserve old buildings as we can learn about our history as can others from other countries. Such knowledge can also help us to understand how to modernize our countries in the best way. 

  • Writing IELTS: buildings should be built in a way that serves their purpose OR represent art

    آذر ۲۶, ۱۳۹۶ نام: حمید ملازاده

    Writing IELTS
    Some believe buildings should be built in a way that serves their purpose rather than just look beautiful. Others, however, say buildings should represent art too. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

    IELTS Band 8.5 Essay

    Constructing buildings is a complex process that needs to cater to the primary purpose of the construction as well as the requirement of looking distinguished. While some buildings successfully integrate both, some however are inclined towards only one of the two factors. This essay shall discuss the relevant conditions for constructing a building.

    There are a lot of examples in the world regarding buildings that are artistically rich as well as sturdy in their construction. The Florence Cathedral in Italy, the Taj Mahal in India, the palace of Westminster in England are renowned examples of cultural symbols and works of art in the field of architecture, along with being sufficiently equipped to serve the primary cause of their establishment. These buildings are many decades old but are still standing strong and for this reason they are famous worldwide. Therefore we can say that building any structure with both purpose and art is not rare.

    On the contrary, the world has also seen many architectural disasters that were caused due to poor planning and construction, even though they were intended to be assembly of artwork. A near-accurate guess can be that the architects put so much emphasis on the appearance of the building that they neglected the other important features that need to be well thought-out as well. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a stark example of how the foundations of the building weren’t paid adequate attention, resulting that the building couldn’t hold up its own weight.  Many such buildings have suffered collapses due to serious miscalculations in the architectural planning. These illustrations make us wonder whether appearance should totally be sidelined for structural stability of any building.

    In my view, I feel a building should be a combination of style and stability. The primary purpose of a building and the appearance both should be kept in mind while planning and equal weight age should be given to both.

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