IELTS Writing Sample Answer # Internet Communication
You should spend 40 minutes on this task.
With an increasing population communicating via internet and text messaging, face to face communication will become thing of past.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Write at least 250 words.
Internet has revolutionized our lives and changed the way people communicate with each other. Gone are the days of letters and meetings, people instantly send messages of facebook or whatsapp. Some people fear that with coming of internet, people will stop interacting personally and the entire communication will shift from personal to online. In my opinion, although the shift is considerable, it can never replace the face to face interaction.
Internet has helped millions of people in communicating with people they want to. People living at far distance from their family members are easily able to communicate with their family and friends at just one click. Even more, the shy people have got a space for interaction. For instance, people who would otherwise not interact with people now go about talking in great lengths with people all across the world.
However, now a days, people often get hooked up to phone, talking to people they will never meet, rather than enjoying with the ones who are near to them. This has in some sense, although bridged a gap between people living far away but also created a gap between those living near.
To sum up, people have surely changed the way they interact and communication has become online but one cannot deny that people still prefer face to face interaction for important meetings and it is less likely that personal interaction will lose its importance in near future.