Taking Selfies at Famous Places Instead of Looking

More and more people nowadays visit well-known places to take photographs of themselves, without looking at the place.

Why do you think this is happening?

Is it a positive or a negative trend?

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Response 01

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Essay · 258 words · 4 paragraphs · 20 comments

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Response 01
Estimated band5.5/ 9

Overall assessment

The response tackles both parts of the task, offering reasons for the trend and a clear negative judgement supported by personal examples. Its strongest aspect is relevant, relatable example use that connects ideas to the questions. The main limitation is persistent grammatical and word-choice inaccuracy, together with mechanical organisation, which frequently makes the meaning harder to follow.

TR

Task Response

The response addresses both questions, giving plausible reasons for the photo-taking behaviour and a clear negative evaluation supported by personal examples, though ideas are somewhat underdeveloped and expressed imprecisely at points.

6.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

There is a visible overall structure, but linking is sometimes mechanical and references are unclear; comma-spliced clauses in the body paragraphs also make relationships between ideas harder to follow.

5.5
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary shows attempts at topic-related items such as 'trend', 'identity', and 'exposure', but word choice and form are often inaccurate ('fast forwarding era', 'stand to the rich and adventurist society', 'loose their value', 'click my own memory'), limiting precision.

5.5
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A mix of simple and complex forms is attempted, but errors are frequent and sometimes impede meaning, including tense misuse ('they had already seen', 'I had click'), subject-verb disagreement, and faulty structures like 'this situation keeping them away'.

5.5

What to work on next

Strengthen grammatical accuracy and cohesion by proofreading for tense, subject-verb agreement, and smoother linking between ideas while developing each supporting point more fully.

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