What is your speсiality

Essay questions for writing

1. “Telecommuting” refers to workers doing their jobs from home for part of each week and communicating with their office using computer technology. Telecommuting is growing in many countries and is expected to be common for most office workers in the coming decades. How do you think society will be affected by the growth of telecommuting?

2. In the future, we will have more and more leisure time as machines replace many of the tasks we do at home and work. Discuss the benefits this will bring and also the problem it will cause.

3. We live today in an electronic information age. It is easier to be connected by technology yet many people seem no closer to feeling happy in their lives. In what extent do you agree or disagree.

4. Advances in science and technology and other areas of society in the last 100 years have transformed the way we live as well as postponing the day we die. There is no better time to be alive than now. To what extent do you agree or disagree this opinion?

5. Space exploration requires vast sums of money. Is the amount of money spent on space research justifiable? Could the money be better spent?

6. The threat of nuclear weapons maintains world peace. Nuclear power provides cheap and clean energy. 7. The benefits of nuclear technology far outweigh the disadvantages. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer.

8. Some people say that the Internet is making the world smaller by bringing people together. To what extent do you agree that the internet is making it easier for people to communicate with one another?

9. Subjects such as Art, Sport and Music are being dropped from the school curriculum for subjects such as Information Technology. Many people children suffer as a result of these changes. To what extent would you support or reject the idea of moving these subjects from school curriculum?

10. Everyone should stay in school until the age of 18. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

In the past lectures were the traditional method of teaching large numbers of students. Nowadays new technology is increasingly being used to teach students. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this new approach?

11. Some people believe that exams are an inappropriate way of measuring students’ performance and should be replaced by continuous assessment. Do you agree or disagree with this view?

12. Some people argue that universities should provide students with more practical training for their future career. Should university education be more vocational or academic. Discuss

13. In many countries schools have severe problems with student behaviour. What do you think are the causes of this? What solutions can you suggest?

14. Many universities charge higher fees for foreign students. Why do they do this? Do you believe that it is fair?