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Global Business and Cultural Contact vs National Identity

Some people say that the increasing business and cultural contact between countries is positive development, while others think that many countries will lose their national identities as a result. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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Essay ideas: Global Business and Cultural Contact vs National Identity

WhyThis is aDiscussion essay — it asks you to discuss two opposing views and give your own.

SoWe split the ideas intoFirst view(supports the first view)andSecond view(supports the second view).

First view

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Second view

8 ideas

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Response 01

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Response 01
Estimated band6.5/ 9

Overall assessment

The response addresses both views and states a clear opinion, with relevant if somewhat briefly developed supporting ideas. Its main strengths are an adequate range of vocabulary and a clear overall position, while the main limitation is recurring grammatical inaccuracy, including article misuse and faulty sentence structures.

TR

Task Response

Both views are discussed with a clear personal opinion stated in the introduction and conclusion, though the second view about loss of national identity is developed more thinly and examples remain general.

6.5
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Paragraphing is logical and the argument progresses recognisably, but some linking is mechanical or faulty, such as 'Whilst,' and 'Turning to other side of argument,' which weakens cohesion.

6.0
LR

Lexical Resource

There is a sufficient range of vocabulary for the topic, including phrases like 'utmost importance' and 'national identities,' with some awkward or imprecise word choices and occasional errors in countability.

6.5
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A mix of simple and complex structures is used, but frequent errors in articles, sentence fragments, punctuation, and constructions like 'has impact that is more positive' reduce accuracy and occasionally obscure meaning.

6.0

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Proofread for grammatical accuracy, particularly articles, subject-verb agreement, and incomplete or mispunctuated sentences, to raise the reliability of expression.

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