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Students Struggling to Focus at School

Many students find it difficult to focus or pay attention at school nowadays. What are the reasons for this? What can be done to solve this problem?

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Essay ideas: Students Struggling to Focus at School

WhyThis is aProblem and solution essay — it asks for causes or problems, and for ways to solve them.

SoWe split the ideas intoCauses & problems(what causes it or goes wrong)andSolutions(how to fix it).

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Essay · 250 words · 4 paragraphs · 15 comments

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Response 01
Estimated band5.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response addresses both parts of the question, identifying distraction from technology and proposing roles for schools and parents, which is its strongest aspect. The main limitation is thin, sometimes unclear development combined with frequent grammatical errors and awkward phrasing that regularly strain comprehension.

TR

Task Response

The essay addresses both questions with relevant ideas about technology-driven distraction and institutional or parental solutions, but the ideas are limited in development and the conclusion introduces new, loosely connected points.

5.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

There is a visible overall structure and some cohesive devices, but progression is often mechanical and linkages within sentences are confusing, so the reader must work to follow the message.

5.0
LR

Lexical Resource

There is an attempt at less common vocabulary such as predicament, forge and amenities, but it is often used awkwardly or inaccurately, and wordiness and imprecise collocations recur throughout.

5.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A mix of simple and complex structures appears, yet frequent errors in verb forms, articles and sentence construction, such as the school have and young people distract by other stuff, impede meaning at times.

5.0

What to work on next

Revise sentence grammar and clarity, then develop each reason and solution with a specific explanation or example rather than general statements.

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