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Youth Unemployment Problems and Solutions

In many countries, more and more young people are leaving school but unable to find jobs.

What problems do you think youth unemployment causes for individuals and the society? What measures should be taken to reduce the level of unemployment among youngsters?

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Essay ideas: Youth Unemployment Problems and Solutions

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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Response 01
Estimated band6.5/ 9

Overall assessment

The response covers the problems of youth unemployment and proposes several relevant measures, including business loans and overseas employment. However, depression is mentioned briefly, the social-effects paragraph repeats the crime argument, and the measures need fuller explanation. Frequent grammatical and collocational errors reduce precision, although the main message remains understandable. The discussion also concentrates heavily on graduates rather than the wider group of young school leavers.

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Both parts are addressed through relevant problems and measures, but depression is briefly stated, crime is repeated, and the loan and overseas-employment proposals need more explanation. The focus on graduates also narrows the discussion of young school leavers.

7.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Paragraphing is logical and progression broadly clear, but some cohesive devices like 'Again' are used mechanically and links between ideas are occasionally weak.

6.0
LR

Lexical Resource

There is adequate range of less common vocabulary such as 'dejected' and 'heinous', though awkward collocations like 'ethical disorders' and errors like 'unemployment young' reduce precision.

6.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A variety of structures is attempted, but frequent article, agreement, and tense errors, such as 'the percentage... are more than anytime', slightly obscure meaning at times.

6.0

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Revise sentences for accurate verb forms, articles, and collocations, particularly in the opening and concluding paragraphs.

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