IELTS WRITING TASK 2/PRACTICE 1 In many countries, children spend long hours on homework. Some people think less home can reduce their stress and help develop other skills. What is your opinion? MY ANSWER: It takes children a lot of time to finish their homework now. This situation is shared by children not only in China but also many other countries. Spending more time on doing homework can be good for children's studies. There is an old saying goes like practice makes perfect. Doing homework can help children understand what they have learned and develop their study skills. Also, doing homework takes up a certain amount of time so young kids will have to focus on studying rather than being addicted to computer games and so on. However, too much homework can leave children few spare time for their hobbies. Some parents do almost everything for their children because they want their kids to fully concentrate on their studies, so some children can not even tie their shoelaces by themselves. Lacking of independence is not the only disadvantage, children can be less creative because too much homework will kill their creativity. The ability of socializing can be poor, too. In my opinion, doing homework is necessary for children, but not too much. Children should both study and play so they can grow up as fully-developed. Too much homework can put pressure on children, which is not good for them, physically and mentally. Schools should focus more on the other aspects of children, spending hours and hours on homework is not the best to educate. All in all, I think less homework is more beneficial to children as they may have time to develop other skills and have fun in their childhood. PS: I would love you guys to correct and grade my essay, I need to get at least 6.5 out of 9 in writing. You can grade me in 4 criteria: task response/ coherence&cohesion/ lexical resources/ grammar