Because of technology, today interact with each other in new ways. This essay will suggest that people have more regular contact, and that the interaction has changed from physical to digital I believe this is a negative development because humans need physical contact as part of their interaction to stay healthy. Technology has made it possible for people to have more regular contact with each other through social media. This is because smartphones have applications, like Facebook and WhatsApp, which are designed to make it easy to talk, write messages and send pictures to other people. As a result of this, the interaction between humans has also changed from mainly physical to mostly digital. For example, an average Swedish person interacts with 15 friends every day through social media but with two. This development must be seen as negative, because physical meetings are needed for human health. It is important to in person, because it creates an environment where people can interact in a more complex way. This is because all senses can be used, to touch, smell and hear things that would be impossible through an application. For example, during the , an increase in the number of patients with mental illness due to the lack of physical contact with friends and colleagues. In conclusion, interactions have changed because of technology and the relationships nowadays are more regular but less physical. I believe this is a negative development because humans need physical meetings to
Technology and Changing Types of Relationships
Nowadays the way people interact with each other has changed because of technology. In what ways has technology affected the types of relationships people make? Has this become a positive or negative development?
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Overall assessment
Why this response received Band 7.0
The response fully answers both parts of the question with a clear position, logical paragraphing, and relevant supporting examples. The main limitation is somewhat repetitive phrasing and simple vocabulary, along with occasional grammatical slips, which keep the language below fully flexible control.
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How each score was decided
Task Response
7.0The response addresses both questions directly, maintains a consistent negative position, and supports ideas with relevant, developed examples such as the Swedish contact statistics and the pandemic reference.
Coherence and Cohesion
7.0Ideas progress logically across clearly organised paragraphs with effective linking devices, though some connectors like 'this is because' are repeated and cohesion is occasionally mechanical.
Lexical Resource
7.0Vocabulary is generally sufficient and appropriately used for the topic (regular contact, physical meetings, mental illness), with some imprecision and repetition limiting flexibility.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
7.0A variety of sentence structures is used with generally good control, but errors such as 'making it is possible', 'only have physical contact', and tense inconsistency ('many people work from home' in a past context) show lapses rather than full flexibility.