CAE A letter responding to the points raised in the article
You have read the extract below as part of a newspaper article on ways of communicating. Write a letter responding to the points raised in the article.
"Sometimes I wonder how teenages communicate. They seem to spend all their time on the Internet or on their mobiles but I have no ideawhat they are doing. There are other things as well, such as the language that they use when they speak to each other.I mean,is this really communicating?"
I am writing in response to the article on teenage communication in your latest issue.
I want to express my total disagreement with the opinion, that the Internet communication is not the communication at all. The problem is, that not only the author doesn’t want to accept all the novelties of modern technology but he also perceives everything in a distorted way. Provided he gets more acquainted with it, he/ she will change his manner of thinking.
It is a known fact that the Internet has penetrated in the lives of all the people over the last ten years, not the teenagers only. Without doubt, teenagers are the most sensitive group in this sense. They absorb all the novelties of modern life and apply them in the communication trying to keep in touch with their friends/peers. Thus, it is quite obvious, that they recede from traditional ways of communication for benefit of the Internet.
My opinion is that the existence of the Internet and applying it to the life of teenagers is not such a bad thing and I strongly disagree that the global network led to poor communication among the youth. A considerable number of young people cannot provide themselves with usual communication, as far as disabled teenagers are concerned, for example. The only way out for them is to find some nook in the Internet, where they can communicate efficiently without feeling isolated.
On the whole, I want to underline once again, that there is no point in judging others. The Internet is one of the greatest inventions ever and it really makes our life easier due to the fact that it has become faster and more furious. What is more, all of us must feel empathy to the youth who need to adapt to the rhythm of contemporary life.
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