International Exam Practice - Exam Writing & Speaking Practice
Exam Academic Writing Practice.
Register, Style and Vocabulary for Precision
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Exam Academic Writing Practice.
Register, Style and Vocabulary for Precision
Humans are wired to treat machines as social beings.
Agree or disagree?
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"Falling in love with an AI isn’t laughable, it’s inevitable"
"People fundamentally interact with machines in a social way, regardless of whether they know the person on the other side of the screen is real.
This showed the brain has no hard-coded ability to shut off its social tendencies with technology, and that if a machine puts on the affectations of a human, we can’t help but treat it like one of our own".
Clifford Nass
What's your stance on using technology to meet new people?
E.g. to find a partner
Essay question
Some people believe that social media and technology have improved romantic relationships by expanding opportunities. Others argue that they have negatively influenced the nature of intimacy.
How have technology and media influenced modern dating?
What is your opinion?
Write at least 250 words.
What's your opinion?
Social media and technology have improved romantic relationships by expanding opportunities
Dating apps and social media have negatively influenced the nature of intimacy.
Give 2 arguments supporting your position.
No examples. Only reasoning.
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Would this sound convincing in an academic essay?
It makes dating easier
People want better options
People use apps and chatbots too much
Relationships are becoming less serious
Drag and Drop
reshape
enhance
undermine/hinder
facilitate
make easier
change
make worse
make smth better
Drag and Drop
engender
diminish
alleviate
foster
make a situation start to exist
encourage smth to develop
make less extreme (a problem)
become less
Change, using any of the suggested alternatives
It makes dating easier:
facilitate/enhance dating experience
Change, using any of the suggested alternatives
People want better options:
desire/undermine commitments/reshape dating norms
Change, using any of the suggested alternatives
People use apps too much:
excessive usage/over-reliance/hinder/undermine
Change, using any of the suggested alternatives
Relationships become less serious:
reshape/hinder/undermine
Pair work
Compare your compositions (A or B). Where the text differs, you must choose the version which is more appropriate for an essay or report and correct your versions accordingly.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/115Qpt9k6BnmpFOiMMZfdDGlJy1Qmbf_Io1WqWodhRVY/edit?usp=sharing
basic wordings
academic collocations
Now complete the table with the examples from the essay
Essay structure
My final verdict on relationships and technology is that...
