Brainstorming (2)

OPINION: Balanced/Sided.
1. Compare
- Read for pleasure.
- Watch TV
 Better imagination and language skills
PLAN (BOTH)
a. Agree: read > watch (sided)
Body 1: why reading  better imagination and language skills.
- Language: reading, writing  vocabulary, grammar, writing style.
- Better imagination: exert one’s imagination  do sách không có hình ảnh chỉ toàn chữ
 có thể tưởng tượng
Body 2: why watching TV  no effect. (nó không có ảnh hưởng đến cái imagination and
language skills)
- Imagination: đã có hình ảnh  limit creativity.
- Language skills: improve speaking and listening  pronunciation.
b. Disagree: watch > read (sided)
Ngược lại.
c. Balanced
Hai cái không mâu thuẫn.
VOCABULARY
- Exert one’s imagination: tưởng tượng.
2. Compare
- Change jobs frequently
- Decide early – keep to it
 have a satisfying working life.
3. Should report more good news  có thể quy về dạng so sánh, tìm cái category 2
(example: good news >< bad news)
PLAN (SIDED)
a. Agree (good news)

Body 1: why more good news

Body 2: why less bad news

4. Interview is not reliable (không viết balanced  body 1 nói nó reliable body 2 lại nói
không reliable  bị mâu thuẫn. Nếu muốn viết balanced phải kèm trường hợp. Ví dụ:
Body 1: nó reliable trong trường hợp A, Body 2: nó không reliable trong trường hợp B).
PLAN (SIDED)
a. Agree (interview is not reliable).

Body 1: why interview is not reliable. (Ex: đưa ra không reliable trong trường hợp nào).
 Body 2: why other methods more reliable (những cái khác reliable hơn ở chỗ nào).

b. Disagree (interview is reliable).

Body 1: why interview is reliable.

Body 2: why other methods less reliable than interview (những cái khác không reliable
bằng interview).

5. The only way to improve road safety is to give much stricter punishments on driving
offeneses. (đề có so sánh nhất  KHÔNG SIDED  BALANCED) (chủ đề chính: improve
road safety).
PLAN (BALANCED)
Body 1: give punishments  good/ effective (không nói nó tốt nhất).

Body 2: other better ways (suggest mấy cái khác tốt hơn).
6. The best way to reduce youth crimes is to educate their parents with parental skills
(đề có so sánh nhất “the best way”  KHÔNG SIDED  BALANCED) (chủ đề chính:
reduce youth crimes)
PLAN (BALANCED)
Body 1: educate their parents with parental skills  good/effective (tốt nhưng không
phải the best).

Body 2: other better ways. (suggest mấy cái tốt hơn).

7. Some people believe that it is a good idea that older people continue to work if it is
possible for them to do so (chủ đề chính: older people continue to work if it is possible)

PLAN (BALANCED) chia trường hợp.

Body 2: Nên làm nhưng phải tránh các công việc nặng.
8. Countries…
9. Food traditions and customs
- Customs: habits (ex: chờ người lớn ăn trước, cúng bái tổ tiên trước khi ăn, ăn cơm
không bỏ mứa, chúc ngon miệng, mời mọi người ăn, cấm đũa vào chén cơm,
10. Countries are becoming more and more similar because people are able to buy the
same products anywhere in the world. Do you think this is a positive or negative
development?
PLAN (BALANCED)
Body 1: Positive development.
- Cultural exchange  access to the same products or services anywhere in the world 
exposed to distinct cultures and customs  have a great understanding about other
countries’s culture  create better bonding, promoting peace, avoiding wars.
 - Give benefits to customers and companies  promoting products in the large scale 
reduce the profit and revenue to create this product  people will have a reasonable
price to buy  can try all the ranges of that products.
Body 2: Negative development.
- It is a fomo synsdrom (fear of missing out)  people are fear of missing sth that is
intersting  buy the same products, bandwagon effect  meaning that companies only
produce this product  limit their creativity, innovation and imaginative skills.
- The reduction in the cultural diversity, leading to the loss of unique customs, cuisine 
For example: fast-food chains Jollibe’s Chicken or Mc Donals enter the food market,
replace traditional food, and inhibit the increasing of unique customs and traditions 
the loss of diversity.