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IELTS Essay: Some think increasing business and cultural contact between nations is positi...

Prompt

Some think increasing business and cultural contact between nations is positive. Others think it leads to the disappearance of the national identity. Discuss both views and state your own opinion.

#globalization effects#cultural identity#international commerce#homogenization risk

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 weighs both views; Band 9 demonstrates that national identity is dynamic, that most cultures synthesize rather than disappear, and identifies which sectors face real homogenization risk.

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Key concepts in this essay

cultural identity definition
globalization mechanisms
cultural influence vs. erasure
cultural resilience
local adaptation

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Romanticizing national identity as monolithic or claiming all cultural change is erosion rather than evolution
Not distinguishing between cultural influence (contact) and cultural loss (disappearance)
Ignoring that nations actively resist or selectively adopt foreign cultural elements

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