📝 IELTS Writing Task 2: Not all arguments are created equal 📝

Let's take a look at two more arguments on the topic from the previous post. They are bad, but some students thought they were good, so an explanation is in order.

📝 Topic: "Because some children do not seem to have a natural ability to learn another language, schools should not force those children to study a foreign language. Do you agree or disagree?"

Position: schools should not force

1️⃣ People who don't do what they hate are more satisfied.

This argument doesn't work because first, the topic is specifically about children, not all people in general, and second, the topic has nothing to do with hate. Having or not having an ability does not necessarily imply hating the subject. As a result, the argument is not connected to the topic at all.

Position: schools should force

2️⃣ People who speak foreign languages have a lower risk of dementia.

Well, this might well be the case, but children and dementia are a whole lifetime apart. Besides, the school's job is to give children a general education, not to protect them from diseases (especially ones that happen very late in life).

Your turn. Are these arguments good ones?

📝 Position: schools should not force

3️⃣ It's better for children's mental health not to be in a class they struggle to succeed in.
4️⃣ If schools force, students will drop out.

📝 Position: schools should force

5️⃣ Schools are the authority that children must obey.
6️⃣ Children benefit from learning even if they don't have an innate ability.

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