Increase in Global Flights and Air Travel Taxation

The world has seen an enormous increase in flights for leisure, business and commercial purposes around the world over recent years. What do you think are the main advantages and disadvantages of such flights? Do you think flights should be taxed more?

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Response 01

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Essay · 319 words · 1 paragraph · 13 comments

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Response 01
Estimated band6.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response answers all parts of the task, giving advantages, disadvantages, and a clear personal stance on higher flight taxes, supported by a relevant personal example. Its main limitations are unevenly developed ideas, including some tangential points, and recurring grammatical errors that occasionally strain clarity.

TR

Task Response

The response addresses all parts of the question and states a clear position on taxation with a supporting example, but several ideas are underdeveloped or tangential, such as the in-flight view and meal charges, limiting full extension of main ideas.

6.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Progression is broadly clear with a discernible structure and conclusion, but cohesion is mechanical, relying on repeated basic linkers like 'Besides' and 'Further', and some transitions such as 'In opposite' are inaccurate.

6.0
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is adequate for the topic with some appropriate items like 'jetlag' and 'commercial purposes', but there are noticeable word-choice errors ('airliners', 'Place crash', 'having the flights have') and limited flexibility in expression.

6.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A mix of simple and complex sentence forms is attempted, but errors are frequent, including faulty structures like 'there are some disadvantages have been found' and 'When you will be on board', though meaning is mostly recoverable.

5.5

What to work on next

Deepen the development of each main idea with clearer explanation and cutting tangential details, while proofreading grammar in complex sentences.

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