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Family vs Outside Influences on Child Development

Although family has a great influence on children's life, it is the influence of outside the home that plays a bigger part in their development.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Essay ideas: Family vs Outside Influences on Child Development

WhyThis is anOpinion essay — it asks whether you agree or disagree with a statement.

SoWe split the ideas intoReasons to agree(supports the statement)andReasons to disagree(argues against it).

Reasons to agree

4 ideas

Reasons to disagree

2 ideas

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Response 01

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Essay · 333 words · 4 paragraphs · 12 comments

Score details

Response 01
Estimated band7.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response presents a clear, consistent position and supports it with relevant examples of intellectual and social development. The subject-specific teaching examples are a strength. However, the comparison sometimes assumes that parents contribute little, especially when family support is described as having no benefit. Some awkward wording and punctuation errors also reduce precision.

TR

Task Response

The essay directly addresses the question with a clear, consistently maintained position, and both main ideas are developed with relevant examples and contrast with family influence.

7.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Ideas progress logically across well-managed paragraphs with effective use of cohesive devices such as 'for example', 'similarly' and 'in contrast', though linking is at times slightly mechanical.

7.0
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is flexible and topic-appropriate, including “logical thinking” and “analytical skills”, although expressions such as “life-time development” and “the world outside home weighs more than parents” lack precision.

7.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A variety of complex structures, including relative clauses and participial phrases, is used with good control, although a few comma misplacements and minor errors occasionally affect clarity.

7.0

What to work on next

Refine word choice and punctuation in complex sentences so that precise phrasing matches the strength of the ideas, for example revising errors like 'have to ability' and 'knowledge to children of different subjects'.

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