1. IELTS - WRITING - TASK 2

Write about the following topic:

"Do young people today make good use of their leisure time? Or do they spend too much time watching television and playing video games, instead of taking part in more productive activities?"

Give reasons for your answer and include any revelant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

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It is rather visible that nowadays that young people spend significant time on technology-related leisure activities, such as using cellphones and surfing on the internet. These means of communications, or entertainment, bring a good range of advantages to contemporary life, however, this behavior may cause many negative results in the future.

Some studies indicate that young people in the past used to lead a healthier life than current children and teenagers. They were more involved in outdoor activities that are crucial when it comes to physical skills development. Today’s young people are sedentarystuck in sedentarism, because of the new electronic leisure tools("leisure tools" isn't wrong, but it's an odd choice of words. We say leisure activities or call them "gadgets"), which don’t demand physical efforts, as the earlier old games did. This trend is increasingly getting becoming common among new generations, as the technology develops and makes our lives easier. Also, sedentary behaviours might lead to many health problems in the long term, such as hypertension and obesity overweight, thereby increasing government expendetures on public health and boosting the demand on private insurances in terms of more serious treatment against certain diseases.

In order to avoid these negative impacts in the society as a whole, the education policies play an important role in spreading to spread new habits among scholars. Through these policies students learn the importance of doing exercices and combating sedentarism and how to incorporate healthy behaviours to the daily life, by choosing outdoor activities, such as going biking or swimming with friends, rather than just staying at home engaged with the virtual world. However, these measures must take in account the contemporary lifestyles to make it achievable for young people. To summarise, the key point is “achieving a balance”. Another word is Moderation.  Well done!  Some things are technically right, but sound a little awkward.