IELTS Writing practice 2 One of the reasons why hunger and poverty still exist in many parts of the developing world is the continuing use of outdated, subsistence farming methods. These countries should change over to modern, large-scale farming of cash crops for the export market. To What extent do you agree or disagree? It is commonly believed that hunger and poverty is a problem in many developing regions because those regions are still using outdated methods of farming and experts think that modernizing those methods would help the growth of that countries. Nonetheless, I consider this is not the solution for a denser problem as I explain next. Even though improving the methods that are used to farm could help to produce more food and to distribute it to a wider population, this by itself would not solve the hunger problem and poverty of a region. There are more complex causes that need to be eradicated before improving farming methods. One can start with solving corruption problems that could be the main cause why the resources are not being used to improve the common wealth of the population; making stricter penalties would help. A government with a transparent system that works in benefit of its people could invest more in the development of all of them. With more resources the second to think about should be building more fabrics for improving the industry, so in that way this could help to create more jobs and make the economy move. The fabrics and an improved industry require trained people, so the next would be to raise the people skills and knowledge. Government should invest in improving the education system. As a result of all this the economy of the regions would be stronger, there would be more jobs and qualified employees to take them. Just after this regions could invest in updating its farming methods and industries related. In conclusion, to solve the hunger and poverty problem in developing regions, there should be more transparent governments that focus in improving industry to offer more jobs as well as improve the education of its people, so they could have better skills, and at the end this people would help the region to solve their problems.

IELTS Writing practice 1 Distance learning via the Internet has developed to such an extent in recent years that teachers and classrooms seem outdated and unnecessary. Schools, colleges and universities should abandon traditional teaching methods and deliver all their courses online. To What extent do you agree or disagree? Current means of communication, the Internet and social media with the technology improvements of this era have brought new ways of teaching including distance learning, which appears to have an exponential grow. But not everything is good about courses online in comparison to traditional methods; both have good and bad things. The advantages of courses online are numerous. Firstly, distance courses can be given to a wider audience. Students from all over the world may sign up in those classes without having to be physically in the place. Secondly, administrative costs and all costs in general are less than those associated with courses that required a physical place. Schools and teachers do not need a facility to give their classes, even more, those classes could be recorded and teach without requiring a teacher to be present. Finally, students and teachers do not require commuting to take or teach those courses and this means saving money and time. Although there are many advantages in courses online versus traditional ones, there are also some disadvantages. First, no everybody have the resources to afford an online connection; there are a lot of people that on the world that do not have a computer or having it do not have Internet. Second, the quality of courses online could be worse than the one of traditional courses. There are hundreds of courses online that do not have support or are not accredited by anybody, and those contents can mislead the student learning; moreover, online courses could not have teachers available to support and clarify students’ questions. Finally, students would lose the most important component in learning, human interaction. It is widely known that all humans learn in their process of interaction and communication with others. Concluding, I think both methods, the new and the traditional have good things and bad things and neither of them have absolute truth nor is one hundred percent effective. A good solution would be a method where the good things of the two of them work as complementary, and in that way having online classes with interpersonal physical communication and interaction.