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IELTS Essay: Some people believe that smartphones are destroying social interaction today....

Prompt

Some people believe that smartphones are destroying social interaction today. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

#smartphones#social interaction#human connection#technology disruption#relationships

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 argues phones reduce quality social time; Band 9 distinguishes contexts, acknowledges dual effects, and avoids deterministic framing.

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Key concepts in this essay

types of social interaction: in-person, digital, synchronous, asynchronous
phone use as symptom vs. cause (are phones destroying interaction, or do isolated people use phones more?)
nuance: phones harm some interactions (family dinner) and enable others (diaspora communities)

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Treating phones as simple cause of social decline; ignores that phones enable long-distance relationships and new communities
Confusing reduced in-person interaction with reduced overall interaction; phone calls, messaging are still 'social'
Anecdotal evidence (personal experience of phone-distracted friends) without broader data on interaction quality or quantity

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