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Today goes topic 3, about Economic issues, used for both writing and speaking.

Topic 3: Economic issues
retirement - commercial - Employment -Other economic issues​

SECTION 1: RETIREMENT​

1. In some countries the average worker is obliged to retire at the age of 50, while in others people can work until they are 65 or 70. Meanwhile, we see some politicians enjoying power well into their eighties. Clearly, there is little agreement on an appropriate retirement age. Until what age do you think people should be encouraged to remain in paid employment? Give reasons for your answer.
? advantages of early retirement:
- the young people have chances to work.
- Secondly, young people are more efficient than the old, because they are young and strong.
- Thirdly, young people have many new ideas about products.
- Finally, young people react more quickly than old people.
? Disadvantages of early retirement:
- One point is that old people have lots of experience.
- What is more, they can train young people.
- Moreover, if old people can continue to work, they will feel happy.
2. Businesses should hire employees for their entire lives. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL36.
What is important consideration in today employment?
- Job performance, speed and change due to harsh competition.
- Performance: skilled workers, match with the tasks.
- Need to produce goods or services quickly -> need young people who are willing to put in long hours, be aggressive and will push themselves to do their job faster.
- Have to be innovative. Changing workforce -> bring in new ideas.
- skilled workers do not want to be tied down to one company, they want the flexibility to improve their opportunities.
- Loyalty is not practical today.
SECTION 2: COMMERCIAL
3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Advertising can tell you a lot about a country. Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL ?"unavailable.
4. Some people say that advertising encourages us to buy things we really do not need. Others say that advertisements tell us about new products that may improve our lives. Which viewpoint do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL117
What is the purpose of ad.?
- encourage customers to buy things they don?Tt need.
- Their primary goal is profit.
In which way can ad. persuade customers buy things they don?Tt need?
- Begin with children: they want to be like everyone else, they want to have what everyone has.
- Throughout our life: Advertisement define ourselves by what we own rather than by who we are. It encourages a competition of false values and shallow measurements of what matters in our lives.
What is the advantage of ad.?
- Enhance economy.
- People buy products -> other people have jobs.
- Keep us informed about new products that may actually help us in some way.
5. As the number of commercial is on the increase on our TV, many viewers feel annoyed and claim that commercials should be banned. Do you agree with this idea?
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Topic 3 (continued)​

SECTION 3: EMPLOYMENT​

5. What are some important qualities of a good supervisor (boss)? Use specific details and examples to explain why these qualities are important. TOEFL18
- justice: treat all her employees fairly.
- Know how to give clear and understandable directions: not change too constant.
- Delegating authority well: know how to use the skills of her employees to best advantage.
- Know how to evaluate her employees on a reasonable set of criteria.
- Sets the standards for her employees by her own behavior.
6. The idea of having a single career is becoming an old fashioned one. The new fashion will be to have several careers or ways of earning money and further education will be something that continues throughout life.
Why does each person need have several careers or ways of earning money and lifetime education?
- The enormous changes in technology
- No matter what their field of expertise, people are no longer able to cope with today''s fast changing workplace unless they upgrade their skills through further study.
- Many jobs have become obsolete in recent years.
- For example, robots have taken over factory assembly lines in the automobile industry
- Bank employees have lost jobs because now people use ATMs or their home computer for ordinary bank transactions.
- Similarly, travel agencies and retail stores have gone online and the people who used to do these jobs have been faced with a mid-life career .
- The marketplace has become global.
- Competition has increased, and small businesses have been swallowed up by large corporations that are often multinationals.
- Many industries that once flourished in North America, like the textile industry or the shoe industry, now only distribute foreign-made goods here.
- Labour is cheaper in the developing world and so these industries no longer employ the large workforce in North America that they once did. As a result, people have had to retrain and find jobs in other fields.
Technological change will not slow down in the 21st century and so it is likely that more occupations will become obsolete in the future and we will all have to upgrade our technical skills regularly and have some employment flexibility if we are to remain competitive in the workforce.
7. The world of work is changing quickly:
õ? today:
- people often have the same job for 30 or 40 years.
- Most people retire at 60 or 65.
- The working week is 7 or 8 hours per day for 5 or 6 days.
- Millions of people work in factories.
õ? future:
- people will learn new skills and change job more often.
- Most people will retire at 50 or 55.
- Shorter working week. Also there will be more part õ?" time jobs -> more free time.
- Computers and robots will do a lot of the work in factories.
õ? Opinions:
- in the past, people had to work far too hard. Their jobs controlled their lives. Itõ?Ts not going to be like that in the future. Weõ?Tll have more time to enjoy ourselves. Thatõ?Ts greatõ?Ưwhy work if a robot can do it for you?
- People need to work. If youõ?Tve got a job youõ?Tre a part of society. If you havenõ?Tt got a job youõ?Tre outside society.
8 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The most important aspect of a job is the money a person earns. Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL61.
What does earning a lot of money mean?
- Indicator of success: buy anything you want.
- Indicator of a smart person: stupid person can not earn much money.
- Indicator of a good candidate for marriage: any girls want to marry a rich man.
What are other factors affecting job õ?" satisfaction?
9 What is a very important skill a person should learn in order to be successful in the world today? Choose one skill and use specific reasons and examples *****pport your choice. TOEFL46
- What are necessary skills?
- Tolerance.
- Computer skill.
- Foreign language skill.
- Why we need tolerance?
- The world is becoming increasingly mobile -> work with different kinds of people -> tolerant each other.
- What should we do when there is a difference in opinion:
- Learn to be tolerant of one another.
- Respect these different in opinion.
- Find a common background, an idea we can both agree on.
- -> easier to settle differences in other subjects.
10. Qualities a person needs to become successful in todayõ?Ts world can not be learnt at university or similar academic institution. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this idea?
11. Some people prefer to work for themselves or own a business. Others prefer to work for an employer. Would you rather be selfemployed, work for someone else, or own a business? Use specific reasons to explain your choice. TOEFL
12. In the field of industrial relations, employees going on strike is not a valid way of resolving conflict. There are better aproaches to resolving differences in the workplace.
- What are the purpose for employees going on strike?
- effective way to resolve industrial disputes.
- What can be disadvantaged by those strikes?
- Loss of production
- Possible loss of customers for companies.
- Loss of wages for the striking employees.
- In some cases striking employees also put their own jobs at risk
- Directly through possible dismissal by their employer
- Indirectly through weakening the competitive position of the company they work for.
- It has been shown in many case studies of strikes tend to increase conflict and to hurt both parties through the economic damage they cause.
Strikes are an exercise in power, and do not get to the underlying cause of industrial disputes, which is a conflict of interests betweem employer and employee.
13. Do you think that public sector workers such as teachers, doctors, nurses and fire fighters should be allowed to strike?
B: Not if they''re properly rewarded. Their unions should come together with the employers and negotiate no-strike agreements.
A: What if the employers decide to introduce new working practices? After all, things can''t remain the same for ever.
B: Any change in con***ions should be negotiated as well.
A: And what happens if the two sides can''t agree?
B: Then the dispute should go to arbitration. What''s needed is an independent body to mediate in industrial disputes. It might sometimes have to impose a settlement.
A: Surely, nobody can force people to go to work, if they really don''t want to.
B: Then they risk losing their jobs. It is wrong to leave hospital patients without doctors and nurses. Likewise, strikes among teachers can severely disrupt the education of our children.
A: So you don''t think everybody should have the right to strike?
B: Well, I think everybody should have the right to join a trade union. This allows free collective bargaining. You can''t have every worker making separate deals with management. The strike weapon should only be used as a last resort if arbitration fails. Employees should know that management may impose a lock-out.
Is there any other better alternatives?
- Both sides must also realise that they need each other
- Be prepared to negotiate a compromise solution in situations where conflicts arise.
- Employers should realize that their employees are an invaluable resource.
- They should use every avenue to encourage employees to contribute their ideas to improving the work environment.
- Employees should realize that they have more to gain by working constructively with employers than by opposing them.
- Where communication is encouraged at every level, relations will be better, and strikes much less likely to occur.
14. If you were an employer, which kind of worker would you prefer to hire: an inexperienced worker at a lower salary or an experienced worker at a higher salary? Use specific reasons and details *****pport your answer. TOEFL õ?"unavailable.
15. The employment market is rapidly changing, posing impacts on job seekers. Discuss the causes of such changes in employment opportunities.
How rapid is employment market changing?
- Changes in technology -> require new skill.
- Global workforce market ->more competitive, new way of working.
- The increasing participation of female -> more competitive.
- Rising population -> more competitive.
What are new requirement toward new job õ?" seekers?
- Need global skills: foreign language, computer skill.
- Ability for teamworking.
- Technique for applying for a job: dynamic, interview skill.
- Ability to earn money in some ways.
16. We all work or will work in our jobs with many different kinds of people. In your opinion, what are some important characteristics of a co-worker (someone you work closely with)? Use reasons and specific examples to explain why these characteristics are important. TOEFL22
- Cooperative: get along with others, finish task efficiently and in time.
- Adaptable: with changes in schedules or routines, having job description revised.
- Helpful: willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done, have sense of communitive.
- A sympathetic listener: not gossip.
17. People work because they need money to live. What are some other reasons that people work? Discuss one or more of these reasons. Use specific examples and details *****pport your answer. TOEFL
- feeling of success.
- Feeling of useful.
- Job satisfaction: Enjoy working what they interest
- Like the sense of accomplishment.
- Interact with people, help others.
- Pursue their interested field.
- Social status.
18. Some people prefer to work for a large company. Others prefer to work for a small company. Which would you prefer? Use specific reasons and details *****pport your choice. TOEFL55
Why large company?
- advancement, promotion.
- Variety of jobs -> can be trained in a variety of positions and would have valuable experience.
- More prestige.
19. Some people like to do only what they already do well. Other people prefer to try new things and take risks. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your choice. TOEFL58.
Why take risk?
- Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- New opportunities.
- New challenges, despite failure -> take experiences, lessons.
20. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Businesses should do anything they can to make a profit. Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your position. TOEFL66.
- What should businesses do?
- Satisfy employees.
- Trust of customer.
- Play an active part in the community.
21. Is it more important to be able to work with a group of people on a team or to work independently? Use reasons and specific examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL- unavailable.
22. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better to be a member of a group than to be the leader of a group. Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL111.
- What are desirable characters of a leader?
- Ability to anticipate what happen.
- Good planner, persuasive person
- Initiative
- Action õ?" oriented
- Responsible.
- Why should I be a leader?
- Feeling of being success.
- Gaining social respect.
- Contribute the most *****rrounding people and the community.
SECTION 4: OTHER ECONOMIC ISSUES 23. A university plans to develop a new research center in your country. Some people want a center for business research. Other people want a center for research in agriculture (farming). Which of these two kinds of research centers do you recommend for your country? Use specific reasons in your recommendation. TOEFL102
What can research center for business bring?
- Improve a countryõ?Ts economy in relation to other countries
Why not approve business center?
- Business practices in the US already serve as a model for many other countries.
- Business are already well õ?" connected internationally. They have the advantages of the Internet and other means of electronic information transmission.
- Businessmen would get richer. For the rest of the countryõ?Ts people, there might be little obvious benefit.
What can research center for agriculture bring?
- Help all people: food prices can be reduced as farmers discover more effective means of food production.
- Natural resources are eroding.
- Farmers need to build stronger network across the country and internationally much as businessmen already have done.
Other possible questions for interview section regards this topic:
1. What are some of the main industries in your country?''
- Agriculture: Vietnam is still basically an agriculture society, although it continues to take steps toward an industry-oriented development.
- One of the world''s largest exporters of rice.
- The Vietnamese economy is dominated by agriculture, which employs over 60% of the labour force, and comprises 40% of total exports.
- Though rice is the main agricultural product, the country also produces maize, sweet potato, vegetables, yam and beans.
- Vietnam is one of the world''s largest producers and exporters of coffee.
- Mineral Industry:
- Rich in natural resources, with most of its reserves relatively untapped, coal is Vietnam''s second most important mineral in terms of export earnings, after petroleum. Vietnam became an oil-producing nation in 1986.
- The industrial sector is also an important contributor to the country''s economy.
- Employing about 12% of the labour force.
- Manufacturing industries include food processing, textiles and leather, building materials, packaging, wood processing and paper, engineering and chemicals.
2. Describe a job that you think would be ideal for you.
You should say:
- what this job is.
- What qualities or pre õ?" con***ions people usually have to have to get this kind of job.
- Why you think this job would be ideal for you.
- And explain why it is likely or unlikely that you will have a job like this in the future.
3. How important do you think it is to have a job that you enjoy?
4. Compare the importance of salary and job satisfaction in choosing a job or career.
5. Evaluate the importance of good relationships in a work environment.
6. Are there any jobs or fields of work, which you consider to be more appropriate for males or females? Why?
7 Consider employment in Vietnam. Do you think it is more or less segregated in terms of gender than in previous generations? What TV commercials do you like? Why?
8 What''s your favorite commercial?
9 What is the purpose of advertising a product?
10 Do you think there are subliminal messages?
11 When you drive or walk, do you get distracted by advertisements on buses or billboards?
12 When you go food shopping, do you buy foods you''ve seen in TV commercials?
13 Do you like the Bennetton''s advertisements? If not, why? (You can substitute any company''s name.)
14 Do you think it''s right to see naked women in TV commercials selling beauty products?
15 Which job are you best at?
16 Which job would you never do?
17 Which jobs do you think are the most prestigious?
18 Who among the people you know has the most interesting job? What is it?
19 Why did you leave your last job - did you resign or were you sacked?
20 Would you be upset if your boss was a woman?
21 Would you consider the military as a career choice? Why or why not?
22 Would you like a job in which you traveled a lot?
23 Would you like a job that required you to sit at a computer all day?
24 Would you rather be a doctor or a banker?
25 Would you rather work inside or outside?
End of topic 3
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Following is topic 4: Education (writing+interview) , which covers:
? Uniform -homework
? teacher ?" student
? secondary- tertiary education
? compulsory ?" coeducation
? education?Ts role
? specific subjects
? examinations
? others

Topic 4: Education​

Section 1: UNIFORM - HOMEWORK​

1. Some high schools require all students to wear school uniforms. Other high schools permit students to decide what to wear to school. Which of these two school policies do you think is better? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your opinion. TOEFL
- What are advantages of wearing uniform?
- Make thing more equal for all students.
- Equal on an economic level
- -> Prevent envy and jeolousy about stylish clothes
- -> Form friendship based on personality not clothes.
- reduce unequal treatment by teachers.
- Enhance solidarity
- Encourage the individual students of a school to feel like part of a bigger group.
- What are disadvantages of wearing uniform?
- School uniforms limit children?Ts individualism in clothes.
- Some families can?Tt afford those uniforms.
2. Many teachers assign homework to students every day. Do you think that daily homework is necessary for students? Use specific reasons and details *****pport your answer. TOEFL ?"unavailable.
3. Apart from uniforms, what do you think should be done to improve the equality among the children of different economic backgrounds?
4. Are school children in Vietnam required to wear uniforms?
5. What are some of the benefits of requiring children to wear uniforms to school?
6. What are some of the disadvantages of compulsory school uniform?
7. Do you think compulsory school uniform can be justified on educational grounds?

SECTION 2: TEACHER - STUDENT​

1. When students are in large classes it is very hard for the teacher to give every student individual attention. What can educational authorities do about this?
2. Evaluate a teacher?Ts power to influence a student?Ts whole life.
3. Some people believe that students should be given one long vacation each year. Others believe that students should have several short vacations throughout the year. Which viewpoint do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your choice. TOEFL115.
Why several short vacations throughout the year?: (3 months per year, each time last for 1 month).
- Easier for parents to schedule vacations.
- Hard for parents to make a plan for the time in long vacation: expensive, unsafe for children.
- Better for economy and tourism.
- Overcrowded in holiday seasons.
- Children are better focused on study
Why one long vacation in the year?
- School buildings are air ?" con***ioned -> in summer: hot.
- Students can take part in the real world: working for experiences.
4. Some people think that they can learn better by themselves than with teacher. Others think that it is always better to have a teacher. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons to develop your essay. TOEFL17.
Why we need teachers?
- Teachers bring with them varied and useful background.
- Trained teach individuals in different ways depending on their style -> which way is best for each student:
- Discussion.
- Writing.
- A good teacher can adapt her teaching to your needs,
- Teachers help you to focus on what you are learning.
- Keep your attention on the subject.
- Know how to approach a subject logically, taking it one step at a time. Study by yourself -> skip parts you think you don?Tt need.
- A broader way of learning.
- Information in the written materials as well as the teacher?Ts own knowledge of the topic.
- Provided extra materials to broaden the scope.
5. To be successful in education it is more important to be a good student than to have good teachers. Do you agree?
6. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Teachers should be paid according to how much their students learn. Give specific reasons and examples *****pport your opinion. TOEFL.70
- Why shouldn?Tt teachers be paid according to how much their students learn?= how good do their students perform in examinations
- Students will miss out on a lot of education that can?Tt be measured on a test, because teacher will start to teach only what students need to get high test scores.
- Some less able students would be disadvantaged. Teachers may ignore students who have learning difficulties because they have to push the majority of the students.
- On what basis should teachers be paid?
7. Some students prefer to study alone. Others prefer to study with a group of students. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL154
What are advantages of studying alone?
- In case the group don?Tt take studying seriously -> distracted, interuptions.
- Absolutely quite.
- Depend on your habits and personality.
- If you are sociable -> too tempted to socialize.
What are advantages of studying in a group?
- Exchange information about the topic: comparing notes, discuss various aspects of a topic -> clearer arguments.
- Focused on studying: good discipline -> no wasted time.
What are disadvantages of studying in a group?
8. Schools should ask students to evaluate their teachers. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL75
- Why students should evaluate their teachers?
- Help teachers to perfect themselves: Inform teacher of how students react both to their teaching methods and to them as individuals.
- Encourage teachers, give them confidence.
- Helpful for school administrators assessment of the quality of their teachers.
- Good exercise for students -> understand better what is expected of them.
- Teach students responsibility: Give students feelings that they have a voice in what happen in their schools.
9. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? High schools should allow students to study the courses that students want to study. Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your opinion. TOEFL110.
- What subjects are mandatory?
- Mathemetics, literature, and science.
- Hardly any students choose these despite neccessity.
- What subjects are elective? Why?
- Music, art, journalism, various kinds of team sports.
- Chance of experiment.
- Get a head start on what going to study in college.
- Because students interested in different subjects. Later on, no time for studying their interested subjects.
10. Some students like classes where teachers lecture (do all of the talking) in class. Other students prefer classes where the students do some of the talking. Which type of class do you prefer? Give specific reasons and details *****pport your choice. TOEFL145
Advantages of lecture:
- Teacher give the student the information at their best.
- Students gain their experience and knowledge.
Advantages of discussion:
- develop students?T activeness.
- Develop students?T interactive skill.
- Teachers feel more comfortable.
- Students study more effectively:
- One effective way of studying is: making mistake.
- Dicussion is always a better way for gaining information.
- Students have to consider the problems right at the class to know to what extent they understand.
11. Disruptive school students have a negative influence on others. Students who are noisy and disobedient should be grouped together and taught seperately. Do you agree or disagree? ?" INSIGHT186
- Why shouldn?Tt we separate disruptive students?
- Limiting their educational opportunities.
- A sort of prison -> never recover from the experience -> problems for the wider society.
What?Ts the alternative?
- Investige for the reason:
- The work is too easy.
- Teachers are uninspiring.
-> solve it
12. Many students have to live with roommates while going to school or university. What are some of the important qualities of a good roommate? Use specific reasons and examples to explain why these qualities are important. TOEFL ?" unavailable.
(to be continued)
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topic 4 (continued)

SECTION 3: SECONDARY- TERTIARY EDUCATION​

12. What were some of the rules you had to follow at your high school?
õ? Which rules did you think were unfair?
õ? Did you ever get caught breaking any school rules?
õ? Were you allowed to smoke on campus?
õ? Were you allowed to eat food in the classroom?
13. To what extent should university courses be geared to the economic needs of society?
14. The government of your country is going to offer a number of university scholarships. In which academic subjects should these scholarships be offered to benefit your country? Cuc 31
- Why offer scholarships to excellent students commited to agricultural science and technology?
- Vn is an agricultural country.
- The production is limited due to the lack of advanced agricultural technology and farming methods.
- Vietnamese students would be encouraged and facilitated to acquire advanced agricultural science and technology to apply to the farms and rice fields
- 70% population would enjoy increased production, higher quality products, more job opportunities, and higher incomes.
- Why offer scholarships to excellent students commited to information technology?
- Pivotal role of this field in pushing up their economies.
- Vn enjoy comparative advantages in human resource since our students rank high in international and regional computer science and maths contests.
- Ignoring computer science in this IT world, vietnam would risk lagging behind in the decades to come.
15. To what extent should universities function as training grounds for employment?
16. Some universities require students to take classes in many subjects. Other universities require students to specialize in one subject. Which is better? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL õ?"unavailable.
17. In some countries, teenagers have jobs while they are still students. Do you think this is a good idea? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details. TOEFL24.
Why shouldnõ?Tt teenagers have jobs while they are still students?
- Negative impact on their learning, and eventually on their grades.
- Disrupt a teenagerõ?Ts home life.
- Heõ?Ts missing out on the fun of being young. He has a whole lifetime in which heõ?Tll have to earn a living
18. Children should never be educated at home by their parents. Do you agree or disagree?
19. Some people believe that university students should be required to attend classes. Others believe that going to classes should be optional for students. Which point of view do you agree with? Use specific reasons and details to explain your answer. TOEFL14
- Why should attend the class?
- Personal experience can help people learn about themselves and the world outside the classroom, but when it comes to learning about academic subjects, students need to be in class.
- In class, students receive the benefit of the teacherõ?Ts knowledge.
- Attending classes on any subject teaches more than just facts. It teaches students how to learn , how to absorb information and apply what theyõ?Tve learned to other situations.
- Teach them how to work with the other members of the class.
- Teach students responsibility and discipline.
20. Some people believe that a college or university education should be available to all students. Others believe that higher education should be available only to good students. Discuss these views. Which view do you agree with? Explain why. TOEFL80.
Why everyone should have the opportunity to attend college?
- education is a valuable investment in future career earnings.
- People with college degrees make more money and have more opportunities later.
- Everyone should have a period to learn about themselves before they begin to work and earn money.
- College is a time to meet different people, separate from your parents, and begin to define you as a person.
- Anyone should be given a chance to see how far she can go.
Why tertiary should be available to only good students?
- Higher education is very expensive.
- Might be a waste of money to send someone to college who might not be able to handle the course work.
- A big investment of time.
- A weak student should get a job and earn some money.
21. Students at universities often have a choice of places to live. They may choose to live in university dormitories, or they may choose to live in apartments in the community. Compare the advantages of living in university housing with the advantages of living in an apartment in the community. Where would you prefer to live? Give reasons for your preference. TOEFL78
Why live on campus their first two years?
- freshmen and sophomores need the stability of campus life
- living on campus makes it easier to get oriented to the way things are done.
- You get the whole university experience
- You interact more with other students.
- The older students in the dormitory can be a big help for the new students
- Major task is study.
-. Feel more a part of the university community.
- More opportunities for becoming involved in university activities and networking with student leaders and university administration.
Why live off campus their last two years?
- Juniors and seniors need the independence of off - campus life.
- Finding an apartment, dealing with leases and landlordõ?Ts regulations, cooking meals, and figuring out budgets are all good practice for life after graduation -> grow into adulthood.
- A better perspective on what is going on around them.
22. You have been told that dormitory rooms at your university must be shared by two students. Would you rather have the university assign a student to share a room with you, or would you rather choose your own roommate? Use specific reasons and details to explain your answer. TOEFL72.
Why let the university assign?
- Student should meet new people and be open to new experience.
- We can change roommate in the next semester if not comfortable.
- We can play an decisive role when making a list.
- Someone who is different from us would be interesting.
- Chance to get a roommate from another culture.

SECTION 4: COMPULSORY - COEDUCATION​

23. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Boys and girls should attend separate schools. Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL - unavailable
24. Education is recognized as vital to the future of any society in today''s world. Governments throughout the world should make education compulsory for all children between the ages of 5 and 15. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
What are benefits of compulsory education
- At a young age, students are unlikely to be sufficiently mature to make sensible decisions about their lives.
- In todayõ?Ts society, where increasingly high levels of skills and knowledge are required of the workforce -> need at least basic education.
- The governments provide a basic education for children for free; their parents have nothing to lose.
- Some parents who do not want to follow the policy do not realize the necessity of a basic education.
- In fact, a basic education is a major foundation for every career.
What are disadvantages of compulsory education - Low income families may not be able to afford to keep their children at school.
- Children can help bring in much needed income.
- Compulsory schooling might be psychological damaging for the students who are not motivated to learn

SECTION 5: EDUCATION''S ROLE​

1. Should developing countries concentrate on Improving industrial skills or should they promote education first?
2. Education is a critical factor in a countryõ?Ts development. Opinion is divided, however, on whether a developing country with limited resources should give priority to improving and expanding basic education for the masses or to providing a high quality tertiary education for the future leaders. Pd(1)
- Why should improve and expand basic eduation?
- Everyone born to this world is equal and, hence, is entitled to receiving basic education.
- Only by improving basic education could a poor nation encourage its people to discover their potential, which would translate into their knowledge and skills to be employed at work, thus/thereby improving productivity and , ultimately, living standards.
- Itõ?Ts common people who make up the largest part of the workforce.
- The moral question of equal opportunities for everyone. On what criteria can a young person be judged as a potential future leader or just as a common person?
- Deprive the involved individual of higher education opportunity to explore his/her full potential, and might also deprive the nation of a potential clever leader.
3. Describe the major purpose of education in society.
- Well õ?" educated and good citizens.
- Skillful and qualified workforce.
4. Too much education is dangerous. If people receive more education than they need to function in their job, it only breeds dissatisfaction. For or against? -Preparation and practice õ?"141
Too much education is dangerous?
- Education gives people unrealistic ambitions: the law of the market decrees that not every one can be a managing director.
- There is very little point in training people for a level of job that they can never hope to achieve.
- Education is expensive. Overeducatiion is a waste of time and money.
- Students tend to be a disruptive influence on society: found at the forefront of radical organisation.
Why should invest in education?
- Most countries need a high standard of human resources in order to compette in the world market.
- Uneducated people unable to show initiative.
- Constantly changing technology means that the workforce has to be flexible and receptive to new ideas in order to be of value to employers.
- Moral question: who has the right to say how much education a person is entitled to? What criteria could be used to decide a level of schooling?
5. Topic19: Education is the single most important factor in the development of a country. Do you agree? Cuc 2
Why education is the most important factor?
- Education provides basis for other skills.
- Literacy improves working personõ?Ts capability.
- Creates self/ national respect.
- Educaion provides basis for healthy population.
Why education is not the most important factor?
- Health is more important than education.
- Economic development is important, and may only need unskilled workers.
- Difficult to find enough trained teachers.

SECTION 6: SPECIFIC SUBJECTS​

1. ... why you chose your particular field of study.
2. Would you force your children to study a particular subject (or subjects) or would you allow them to choose their own profession?
3. What do you dislike most about your studies?
4. Did you enjoy studying at your university? What interested you?
5. Describe a subject that you have found interesting. Say:
õ? What the subject is.
õ? Why you chose to take it.
õ? How you felt about the subject.
And explain why you found this subject particularly interesting.

SECTION 7: EXAMINATIONS​

1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Grades (marks) encourage students to learn. Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your opinion. TOEFL
2. Topic36: Examinations are not a good way to judge a studentõ?Ts ability
3. Too much importance is attached to exams at school. Do you agree? õ?"Pd- Qui.
õ? Why say too much importance is given to exams and that it is time to change the way we monitor out childrenõ?Ts development at school.
õ? Firstly, I think that the examination system is unfair because sometimes two students with the same ability in a subject get very different exam results. This is because one is much better at taking exams than the other.
õ? Apart from this, exam questions often test how much a student has remembered about the things he or she has been taught in the classroom.
õ? As a result, students are often encouraged to learn facts by heart, instead of how to use the information and how to think for themselves.
õ? Lastly, it seems to me that exams sometimes have a bad effect on teaching, as teachers are usually judged by the exam results of their students.
õ? Consequently, they are often more interested in preparing their students for the exams than in making their lessons lively and stimulating.

SECTION 8: Other relevant questions​

1. Is it important to study hard when you are young or can you enjoy your life and return to study when you are grown-up?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying when you are... a) young b) mature
3. What is your opinion of your education system? What are the good and bad points and how could it be improved?
4. What do you think are positive and negative aspects of your country''s education system?''
5. Should governments spend more on education than they do at present?
6. Are teachers paid enough?
End of topic 4
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This is such a great topic, queen! Thank you for joining EC and for your very first topic here. Your outlines are not only helpful to IELTSâ?T learners but English students in general as well. You got my vote for both your topic and nickname ok? Hopefully, youâ?Tll enjoy your time here with us. Keep up your good work!
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Thanks Britney for your encouraging comment . Thanks for your star as well. (But what? my STARS still stay the same j/k)
Let''''s move on to the next topic of "Environment õ?" population õ?"Polution - Animal". This topic specifies on:
- Population -urbanisation.
- Animal -zoo
- Environment

Topic 5 Environment õ?" population õ?"polution- Animal​

Section 1: population -urbanisation.​

1. In general, people are living longer now. Discuss the causes of this phenomenon. Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay.
2. Factors affecting population growth and effects of population control programme.
Factors affecting population growth:
- the level of medical care available.
- The availability of food
- Attitudes to family size.
- The rate of death amongst children and adults -> inconfident that their children will survive.
Aims of population control programme:
- reduce child mortality by better medical care available
- Effect: In long term, giving parents more confidence that their children will survive.
- Make family planning information and services accessible.
- Encourage the idea of small families
3. In the late twentieth century, the proportion of the world''''s population living in cities has increased substantially. People have moved in ever-growing numbers from rural to urban areas. As migration from rural areas to cities continues, it is inevitable that the infrastructure in these cities will collapse. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
4. The world is experiencing a dramatic increase in population. This is causing problems not only for poor, undeveloped countries, but also for industrialised and developing nations. Describe some of the problems that overpopulation causes, and suggest at least one possible solution. 101 hints õ?"165
Consequences:
- In poor countries it is difficult to provide enough food to feed even the present number of people. In ad***ion, education to limit the number of children per family is not always succesful.
- Poorer countries usually have a lot of unemployment too, and an increase in population simply majes the situation worse.
- The environment also suffers when there are too many people living on the land.
- In rich, industrialised and developing countries it is very difficult for governments to provide effective public services in overcrowded cities.
- Moreover, there is usually a great deal more crime, which is often due to high rates of unemployed. Further large increases in population only cause more overcrowding, unemployment and crime.
Solution:
- Everywoman who is pregnant, but who does not want to give birth, should be allowed by law to have an abortion.
- Governments must educate people to limit the size of family.
- In China, couples are punished financially if they have more than one child. This may seem cruel, but the õ?oone õ?"child õ?"policyõ? is beginning to have an effect in the worldõ?Ts most populous nation. Eventually, similar policies might also be neccesary in other crowded nations such as India, for example.
5. Some governments say how many children a family can have in their country. They may control the number of children someone has through taxes. It is sometimes neccesary and right for a government to control the population in this way. Do you agree or disagree? õ?" cambridge 2 õ?"165.- Reasons for government to control the population:
- In the past, populations were partly regulated by frequent war and widespread disease, but in recent years the effects of those factors have been diminished.
- Countries can be faced with a population that is growing much faster than the nationõ?Ts food resources or employment opportunities and whose members can be condemned to poverty by the need to feed extra mouths.
ùfă Population control as a means of raising living standard.
Solution:
- The best approach would be to work by persuasion rather than compulsion.
- Clearly, this whole area is a very delicate personal and cultural issue. Many people feel that this is not a matter of the state. They feel this is one area of life where they have the right to make decisions for themselves.
- This could be done by a process of education that points out the way a smaller family can mean an improved quality of life for the family members, as well as less strain on the countryõ?Ts, perhaps very limited, resources.

Section 2: Animal - Zoo​

1. To what extent is the use of animals in scientific research acceptable? Should we use animals in scientific experiments? Animal 2.doc
- Most scientific research has to rely on the results of animal experiments. Other alternatives, such as computer modeling, that could replace animals are very limited. Some people think that using animals in scientific experiments is immoral and cruel.
- In my point of view, only animals can fulfill the requirements of scientific experiments in a real world. For example, some medical universities use dogs as a substitute to allow students to be trained in their surgical techniques. Most people understand that we cannot use humans in experiments because it may be harmful and dangerous for humans. In other laboratory experiments, scientist often use animals like rats, frogs and rabbits to observe the results because only these animals have a similar organs as humans. Therefore, we can not deny that animals contribute a lot to the development of science.
- Although it seems impossible to replace animals in scientific experiments, we should not give up on these matter. Furthermore, we should try our best to reduce the use of animals in scientific experiments. In ad***ion, we should try to reduce pain and distress of the animals during the experiments. For example, we can anaesthetize them before doing any experiments.
- *****mmarize, we should put more effort into finding the better alternatives than using animals in experiments. In the mean time, we could improve our abilities to reduce the suffering of the animals in the experiments.
2. Many people have a close relationship with their pets. These people treat their birds, cats, or other animals as members of their family. In your opinion, are such relationships good? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer.152 õ?"unneccesary.
3. Some people think that human needs for farmland, housing, and industry are more important than saving land for endangered animals. Do you agree or disagree with this point of view? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL45
Disagree:
- there is a delicate balance of nature. Of one small part is removed, it will effect all the other parts.
- Our environment has been affected by the absence of certain animals. Certain flowers are pollinated by butterflies which migrate from CAnada to Mexico. Some of the breeding grounds of these butterflies was destroyed. Now these flowers are disappearing from certain areas. We will no longer be able to enjoy their beauty.
- The quality has been changed. America used to be covered with giants trees. Now we have to visit them in one small park. Rain forests around the world are being cut down to make room for humans. We will never be able to see or study this fragile ecosystem.
- I would encourage us humans to look for other altanatives for our farmlands, housing and industries. We have alternatives, the animals do not.
4. Topic13: Are our zoos cruel to wild animals? Discuss.
5. We should not keep marine mammals in captivity. Agree? Click here
6. Topic14: Zoos are sometimes seen as necessary but not poor alternatives to a natural environment. Discuss some of the arguments for and/or against keeping animals in zoos. Animal 1
Zoos are common places for people around the world. Animals are kept in zoos for several positive reasons: entertainment, education and conservation. On the other hand, zoos also cause some problems for animals, such as restrictions in their freedom or the destruction of the õ?owildõ? character of animals. This essay will discuss advantages and disadvantages about keeping animals in zoos.
Firstly, zoos are entertaining and interesting places for children. Virtually all children like to see animals in zoos. These are good places for families to relax. Zoos are not only interesting places for children, but they also give a chance for people who live in big cities get close to nature.
The next point is the scientists can research animalsõ?T lives when they are kept in zoos easier than they are still living in forests. Scientists can study animalsõ?T relationships, their life cycle, or their habits. In ad***ion, researchers can learn how animals take care of each other such as how mothers look after their offspring. Moreover, researchers have acknowledged the importance of how to breed animals, which can reduce animal extinction.
Furthermore, endangered animals such as tigers, lions can be kept in captivity. Some animals that risk extinction might still exist because they are kept in safe from hunting.
However, zoos are not suitable for animals because they are kept in the limited area, in limited food for a long time. They may lose their freedom and their socialization with other animals. Besides, some animals have lost their õ?owildõ? character. For example, tigers might lose their hunting skills; platypuses might die because they are not used to live in limited areas.
Also, zoos cost a lot of money for land, animalsõ?T food and labours. This may charge expensive entrance fees for people who want to go into zoos.
In summary, zoos are interesting places to people of all ages and zoos are also safe places for some species of animals. Yet, zoosõ?T owners should look after all animals and give them enough food and suitable captivity, as this will give being better advantages for animalsõ?T lives.
7. Topic18: Zoos are both necessary and entertaining. -above
8. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A zoo has no useful purpose. Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer. TOEFL above

(to be continued)
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Topic 5 (continued)

Section 3: Environment​

1. Problems and solutions
õ? Rain forests:
- solution: governments in rainforest countries need to plan and work together. They should also protect certain areas and plant new forest.
õ? energy:
- at the moment, 94% of the worldõ?Ts energy comes from fossil fuels. Thereõ?Ts enough coal for the next 300 years, but oil is only enough for next 50 years. What happens then? Well, one answer is nuclear energy. But after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, many people think nuclear power isnõ?Tt safe.
- The green solutions: they all use natural energy already in the environment:
- Wind energy
- Solar energy
- Wave energy
- Geothermal energy (from hot rocks under the Earth)
õ? Acid rain:
- solutions: Industrial countries should control their levels of pollution. This is already happening in some parts of Europe.
õ? Widelife:
- Animals are a part of the environment, too. Millions of them are killed or treated cruelly by man every year. There are five main groups:
- Animals used for scientific research: rabbits.
- Animals killed for sport; foxes.
- Animals killed for fur, skin: crocodies.
- Animals õ?" their environment are in danger: glorillas.
- Animals kept in cruel con***ions on farm: chicken, cows.
- solution: groups like Greenpeace have already helped to stop whale hunting. Now, they want to stop fur hunting, too -> they believe in animal rights. Animals shouldnõ?Tt suffer. The cruelty must stop.
2. Why is protecting environment important?
õ? We need a healthy environment in order *****rvive so we must protect it. We need to protect the environment now to help prevent health problems, to maintain the ecosystem and to preserve the earth for our children.
õ? Pollution from factories and cars can cause damages to the environment. Moreover, pollution cause health problems, particularly for children and the elderly who have weaker immune system. We need to ensure that there are controls on the amount of pollution when possible so as to prevent health problems caused by breathing dirty air.
õ? We also need to pay attention to the ecosystem. Trees, plant life, and people all depent on each other. An unhealthy environment can have harmful effects on the ecosystem. For example, if a plant dies because of changes to the environment and that plant is food for an animal, that animal wonõ?Tt have any food. If human uses that animal as a food source there could be big problems.
õ? If we do not respect our environment now, it will continue to get worse and our children will suffer the consequences. They wouldnõ?Tt have the same quality of air to breath or natural beauty to admire. That would be sad.
õ? Without clean air to breath, a healthy ecosystem and a future for our children the human race would not survive. Thatõ?Ts why protecting our environment is important.
3. "Action such as recycling cannot be left up to the good will of the individual. It must be forced on us by government." Discuss this statement and suggest how governments can encourage people to be more aware of environmental issues. - ideas
How can the government encourage/force us to recycle? 3
õ? new laws
õ? introduce fines
õ? provide special collection services for different types of rubbish
õ? promote recycling through a media campaign
õ? teach children about recycling and environmental issues at school.
Why should we recycle? 1
õ? too much rubbish - nowhere to put it
õ? using up important resources too quickly
õ? rubbish causes pollution, e.g. plastic which is not biodegradable.
What are the disadvantages of government legislation to encourage/force people to recycle? 4
õ? people wouldn''t need to think about the environment - they just follow the law
õ? may be an expensive policy
õ? checking and fining people who don''t recycle would be expensive to do, so the government might have to raise taxes to pay for it
Why don''t people recycle without government law? 2
õ? it''s easier not to recycle - people are naturally lazy
õ? people are not aware of environmental issues
Where do people recycle a lot? 5
õ? Germany, for example.
How much should the government fine people who do not recycle? 3 - add to the other ideas above
õ? High fines to make people do it.
Who should check if people are recycling? The police? 4
õ? very difficult point - police are too busy
õ? maybe local council officials
4. To what extent is the continuous use of fossil fuels acceptable given the evidence of global warming?
5. Topic15: To what extent should economic planning be influenced by the need of environmental conservation?
6. Many parts of the world are losing important natural resources, such as forests, animals, or clean water. Choose one resource that is disappearing and explain why it needs to be saved. Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your opinion. TOEFL123
- what are examples for the loss of such important resources?
- forests.
- Animals
- Clean water
- Why they are being lost?
- due to human beingsõ?T activities like: exploration for natural resources.
- Polluted environment
- What is the obvious example? Give evidence
- Our trees.
- Hundreds of thousands of arces of trees disappear in countries all around the world.
- what is the reason?
- Trees are used for fuel.
- Trees are destroyed to build housing developments and shopping centers.
- Why this resource is important?
- Trees are essential to our survival. They are a major part of the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process in which green plants use carbon dioxide to produce oxygen, and oxygen is something all of us need. The fewer trees there are, the more this affects our ability to breath.
- Trees are also important in the development of many medicines. Many drugs come from the leaves of certain trees, along with other herbs and plants.
- Trees are important to soil conservation. This is why youõ?Tll usually see trees lining a field. Tree roots help keep the soil in place, and are also a factor in water distribution deep beneath the ground.
- Trees provide so much pleasure.
- What can be done to protect this disappearance?
7. The environment is the most important issue in the world today. Discuss.
8. The United Nations should be given a stronger role in global economic management in order to ensure that the worldõ?Ts resources are used wisely.- British Council.
In the twentieth century, many countries have been developing their economies and improving the standard of their people. The õ?o Tiger economiesõ? of East Asia provide a very good example of this. At the same time, it is true that there are some environmental problems with development, such as air and water pollution, and the cutting down of large areas of rain forest in some countries.
I do not think the UN is the best organisation to take on a management role to try and find a balance in such matters. It has become clear in recent years that the UN is not very good at managing its own affair. Some people sent to work for UN seem to have more interest in their own advancement than in serving the greater cause of mankind. As a result there have been serious problems with waste and inefficiency in the work of the UN.
I would argue that problems of development and of conservation have to be solved by the countries concerned. As standards of living rise in the developing economies, people in those countries will start to fight against pollutiion and demand a better standard of living. These countries will eventually follow a path like that of the developed countries and issues of conservation will become increasingly important.
The best role that the UN can play is to help countries get together to sort out problems of mutual interest which cross national borders. There are also special global problems, such as the hole in the ozone layer, where the UN can provide a forum for countries to seek common solutions. But this is a very different matter from giving the UN a stronger role in global economic management.
9. Topic43 :The forests are becoming smaller and the planet is more polluted everyday.õ? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of economic development. (250 words) economic
Whatõ?Ts the connections between bad sides of economic development and environmental issue?
- First, and most importantly, economic development of many countries makes massive problems, which damage the environment.
- For example, if some countries have a good economy, they will want to spread the prosperity to outside countries. Therefore, sometimes they have to cut down a forest to build buildings or factories. As a result, the forests are now becoming smaller.
- Moreover, there are many kinds of industries, such as chemical or petroleum industries that cause the planet to be polluted everyday.
So we should not overlook these problems while we are developing an economy.
10. To what extent should industry be made to pay for environmental pollution?
11. To what extent can individuals ensure that the environment is protected from pollution?
12. Some people believe that the Earth is being harmed (damaged) by human activity. Others feel that human activity makes the Earth a better place to live. What is your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL30
13. Human beings are rapidly destroying the planet earth õ?" cuc 28
14. What are activities of human beings which destroy the planet earth?. British Council
- Pollution
- Polluted the air and land.
- Cars and factories are very dirty -> dangerous for people, wildlife and the environment.
- 2 serious pollution problems are:
- Acid rain: this happens when gases and chemicals mix with water in the air. The mixture travels for hundreds of miles and finally falls back to earth. Because õ?oAcid rainõ? contains a lot of chemicals - It kills fish and trees.
- The Greenhouse effect: gases and chemicals are the reason for this problems, too. Some of them stay in the air like a blnket around the world. Because of this blanket, the Earthõ?Ts climate is changing and getting hotter.
- Desserts: soil erosion:
- More people -> fewer trees -> greater use of land -> thinner soil -> erosion -> famine.
- Water: in the developing world, clean water is rare -> dig deep wells.
- Rain Forest: in the last 40 years, half of the worldõ?Ts forests have dissappeared. If this continues for the next 40 years, millions of specis of plants and animals will become extinct. And thatõ?Ts just the beginning.
- Why is the crisis happening?
- Because developing world farmers donõ?Tt have enough land for places growing food and places living.
- Rich countries depend on rain forest products.
- Modern life in the developed world depends on rain forest products. These includes:
- Mineral
- Wood
- Medicine
- rubber
- effects of the crisis:
- the worldõ?Ts rainforests are facing a total disaster. Some scientists says itõ?Ts even worse than the effect of nuclear war.
- The rainforest fires in Africa are so big that they appear in sattellite photos. But itõ?Ts not just a question of diappearing of tribes, trees and species.
- Itõ?Ts a question of climat, too. Out planet needs healthy rainforests to contrl its temperature. Without them, the greenhouse Effect will just get worse and worse.
- Used most of the Earthõ?Ts oil, gas and coal.
- Completely killed more than 500 kinds of animals, birds and plants.
- 2030: 25% of animals, birds, fish and insects may be extinct.
- Reasons:
- Pollution: millions of animals die every year because man has polluted their natural home or habitat.
- Hunting: man hunts and kills millions of animals every year.
- Environment itself:
- smaller: man cuts down more trees, build more road, uses more land for farming ->fewer jungles, fields and forest for wild life.
- Made and used atomic bombs.
- Grown in numbers from 1 billion ( 1830) to more than 6 billions today.
- natural resources: water source, biological source, energy resources are harmed by humanõ?Ts exploration:
- strip mining devastate whole regions, leaving bare and useless ground.
- Deforestation removes old growth trees that canõ?Tt be replaced.
- Too much fishing may harm fish populations to the point where they canõ?Tt recover
- Overpopulation:
- Many areas suffer too much development
- Economic development
ùfă pollution to environment:
- traffic congestion.
- polluted air (emission from factories)
- polluted water (waste from companies and communities)
- Waste present everywhere: barrels of industrial waste, radioactive waste.
- What have human beings done to make the earth a better place?
- rescue and build the explored resources.
- Rehabilitate the earth.
- In the last 20 years there has been a Green revolution.
- Today, many scientists and world leaders realize that the earth is in danger.
-> It is really very simple: Either we stop killing the Earth or we will kill ourselves. We need a cleaner, healthier planet.
15. A company is going to give some money either *****pport the arts or to protect the environment. Which do you think the company should choose? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL
Why protect the environment important?
- prevent health problems.
- Maintain the ecosystem.
- Preserve the Earth for our children.
- The earth planet is now in danger w.r.t environment.
- Click here
16. Forests are the lungs of the earth. Destruction of the world''s forests amounts to death of the world we currently know. To what extent do you agree or disagree? õ?"BC
17. Topic16: Damage of the environment is an inevitable consequence of worldwide improvements in the standard of living. Discuss. Click here
18. Descibe an environmental problem that Vietnam has.
- The disappearing of forests.BC
- Deforestation rates in Vietnam have been high with net annual loss of forests estimated at 100 000 - 125 000 ha in recent years.
Reason:
- Local demands for industrial wood
- Improved market prices as part of the process of economic rationalisation.
- Trees are used for fuel.
- Trees are cut down illegally by criminals for profits.
- Forest fires in the south of Vietnam in recent months. The recent fire in Uminh (camau) forest rain in Vietnam caused more than 6000 ha destroyed completely.
- Trees are destroyed to build housing developments and shopping centers, giving places for growing foods and providing living space for new õ?" added population.
Why this issue is important?
- Forest is the major habitat for animals, birds, plants
- Trees are essential to our survival. They are a major part of the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process in which green plants use carbon dioxide to produce oxygen, and oxygen is something all of us need. The fewer trees there are, the more this affects our ability to breath.
- Trees are also important in the development of many medicines. Many drugs come from the leaves of certain trees, along with other herbs and plants.
- Trees are important to soil conservation. This is why youõ?Tll usually see trees lining a field. Tree roots help keep the soil in place, and are also a factor in water distribution deep beneath the ground.
- Trees provide so much pleasure.
19. What do you think can be done to solve this problem?
- Serious efforts are being made to establish forest plantations in Vietnam with a parallel program of plantings as scattered trees in home gardens, and along dykes and roadsides. have already proven to be the driving forces towards the reforestation of barren land and private tree planting in home gardens and on marginal lands alongside roads and dykes.
- Better management in forests: the forestry team need better training.
- Lauch effective campaigns to enhance massõ?T awareness of the importance of protecting the forest.
- Find other alternatives from the tree õ?"plant areas to build buildings: tall building should replace one õ?"two floor house.
- This issue must be taken into account when developing the industry.
20. What do you think that ordinary people can do to help protect the environment?
- Take part in the process of popularizing the neccesity of protecting the environment in the mass.
- Plant trees more in surrounding living region.
- Each action must show respect to the environment protection:
- Never throw waste into wrong places
- Never make harm to the green trees.
21. Do you worry about the state of the environment in the world? Why/ Why not?
- Natural resources: water source, biological source, energy resources are harmed by humanõ?Ts exploration:
- strip mining devastate whole regions, leaving bare and useless ground.
- Deforestation removes old growth trees that canõ?Tt be replaced.
- Too much fishing may harm fish populations to the point where they canõ?Tt recover
- Overpopulation:
- Many areas suffer too much development
- Economic development
ùfă pollution to environment:
- traffic congestion.
- polluted air (emission from factories)
- polluted water (waste from companies and communities)
- there are many kinds of industries, such as chemical or petroleum industries that cause the planet to be polluted everyday.
- Waste present everywhere: barrels of industrial waste, radioactive waste.
22. Speculate on the effects of environmental change on the lives of future generations.
23. To what extent is environmental damage irresistible?
24. What do you think is the most serious problem in the world?
õ? Why do you think so?
õ? What can we do as individuals to solve this problem?
25. What types of noise pollution do you hate the most?
End of topic 5.
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Oh Queen, that''s great, it''s no secret that I vote you 5*
When i was at the age of 16, I sat for IELTS exam(just 4 fun cuz my parents wanted that). At that time , I had no such useful documents , there4 I only got 6 for the essay writing part (frankly, i havent understanded why they (the examiners) were so generous to me) . 4 years passed and my certificate''s been invalid. I''ve intention of retaking it in the next 2 years and I feel more self-confident when u share your materials with us
Once again, thanks a lot. I do appreciate that

Thank you embemuathu. I am glad that you find my work useful.
For your information, in composing this document I did refer to:
- Almost all IELTS reference book available by year 2002
- Some TOEFL reference book
- Some books of essay collection.
- Documents in British Council
- All relevant IELTS +Toefl websites I managed to find
- Websites relevant to answering questions relating to Vietnam
- Handout documents for AUSAID student
- Handout documents in Mrs. Duc''''''''''''''''s class
- And any useful documents I had by that time.
Having this material would save you guys time searching documents, surfing net, & organizing your documents. you can use this as the syllabus of your studying.
I spent lots of time doing this (more than 1 month working intensively), but in the end it seemed to be of no use because just before taking exam I got the information that I didn''''''''t need to sit for IELTS.
Anyway, now when sharing with all of you this work I no more feel that my time was used wastefully!

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