IELTS Essay # Reading entertainment books

IELTS Essay # Reading entertainment books

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write at least 250 words. Write on the following topic:

Some parents believe that children should not waste time by reading entertainment books, but instead they should spend time to read educational books only. What is your opinion about this?

IELTS ESSAY # READING ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS, IELTS BAND7, DEHRADUN

Sample Answer

Growing up we have several forms of entertainment and books are an integral part of them. The fact is that kids nowadays are occupied with academics and rarely get time to read other forms of books such as comics, story books etc. Few parents insist that rather than wasting time on children books kids should only read educational books. I, wholeheartedly disagree with this statement and in this essay, I will support my arguments with examples.
Firstly, kids already have a huge burden of school education and in their leisure time they should be allowed to read whatever is apt according to them. Secondly, confining them to a certain type of books will hamper their mental growth. Hence, this can even affect their thought process and it may become very one dimensional. This can have long term implications on their behaviour too.
Finally, childhood is one of the most important phases of one’s life and pressurizing tender minds into one direction is abhorrent to me. Entertainment books not only amuse the kids but teach lifelong lessons. For example, simple story books give moral values on the basic principles of life. Being thankful in life for what we have or treating everyone with respect are some of the lessons I can recall from my own storybooks when I was a kid. Not to mention, how reading books for fun can influence a child’s ability to be more imaginative.
To sum up, by making a child read a particular kind of book we will be hindering their progress. It can have both long and short term psychological effects. We need to discourage such practices for the betterment of younger generation. (278 Words)

 

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