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IELTS Essay: Shopping is now one of the most popular forms of leisure activities in many c...

Prompt

Shopping is now one of the most popular forms of leisure activities in many countries for young adults. Why is this? Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

#shopping#leisure#consumerism#entertainment#youth culture#retail economy

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 argues shopping is positive social activity or frivolous excess; Band 9 examines it as symptom of retail-dominated urban design lacking alternatives, recognizes genuine social functions, but critiques environmental sustainability and unequal consumption patterns

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Key concepts in this essay

consumerism and identity formation
retail as social infrastructure
marketing and manufactured desire
economic inequality and consumption gaps
environmental and social costs of overconsumption

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Dismissing shopping as purely frivolous without recognizing social and community functions (meeting places, identity expression)
Not examining economic drivers: retail accessibility, income availability, and marketing influence
Treating 'positive/negative' without nuance: shopping has genuine social benefits but also consumption-driven environmental costs

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