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IELTS Essay: In the 20th century, contact between many different parts of the world has de...

Prompt

In the 20th century, contact between many different parts of the world has developed rapidly through air travel and telecommunications. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

#globalization#air travel#telecommunications#connectivity#cultural exchange#environmental impact

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 weighs material benefits against environmental costs with evidence; Band 9 questions whether the phenomenon itself is reversible or desirable to reverse, and explores how advantages and costs are distributed unequally across populations.

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Key concepts in this essay

Global supply chains and economic interdependence
Environmental footprint and carbon emissions
Cultural homogenization versus cross-cultural understanding
Inequality in access to travel and connectivity

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Listing advantages (faster communication, cultural exchange) and disadvantages (environmental, cultural homogenization) without integration or measurement
Oversimplifying environmental costs without acknowledging relative scale or pointing to alternatives
Treating cultural exchange as inherently positive without examining power dynamics and cultural loss

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