CELPIP Writing Practice - Task 2 ( Technology Education )

CELPIP Writing Practice - Task 2

1) Practice - Technology Education 

* Task Information

- As computers are being used more and more in education, there will be soon no role for teachers in the classroom.

* Write an email to the volunteer in about 150-200 words. Your email should do the following things

- You should write at least 150 words.
- You should give reasons for your answer using your own ideas and experience.

2) Practice Answers

 There have been immense advances in technology in most aspects of people's lives, especially in the field of education.  Nowadays, an increasing number of students rely on computers to research for information and to produce a perfect paper for school purposes. Others have decided to leave the original way of learning to get knowledge through online schools. These changes in the learning process have brought a special concern regarding the possible decrease of importance of teachers in the classroom.\n\n

 Some people believe the role of teachers started to fade because computers have been helping some students to progress in their studies quicker than when compared with an original classroom. For example, in the same classroom, students have different intellectual capacities, thus some would be tied to a slow advance in their studies because of others’ incapacity of understanding. In this way, pupils could progress in their acquisition of knowledge at their own pace using computers instead of learning from teachers.

 However, the presence of a teacher is essential for students because the human contact influences them in positive ways. Firstly, students realize that they are not dealing with a machine but with a human being who deserves attention and respect. They also learn the importance of studying in group and respect other students, which helps them to improve their social skills.

 Moreover, teachers are required in the learning process because they acknowledge some student's deficiencies and help them to solve their problems by repeating the same explanation, giving extra exercises or even suggesting a private tutor. Hence, students can have a bigger chance not to fail in a subject.

 In conclusion, the role for teachers in the learning process is still very important and it will continue to be in the future because no machine can replace the human interaction and its consequences.

3) Useful words for writing

* Nowadays, an increasing number of : Starting point for listing current knowledge.

* Some people believe the role of : It is good to start when it's good to generalize a fact.

* For example :When explaining the content further, it's useful phrase

* However : It is used to describe other content.

* Firstly, Moreover : It tells the order of the content to be written and is used to further explain the claim to be conveyed.

* In conclusion : Finally, it is used to finalize the claim.