The advantages and

disadvantages of Television
Lets get down some ideas!

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b) Good
entertainment
e.g. cartoons

a) Company for the lonely and elderly

people
e) Educational
Advantages

c)
Relaxing

TV

d)You can visit places you cant visit in

real life

Lets see some disadvantages

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g)Passive
entertainment
(you can only sit
and watch

f)Keeps
you away
from real
life

TV

Disadvantages
h)Anti-social
(You cant
talk)

i)You
have to
pay.

j)You cant
argue with it
(Antiintellectual)

What do we still need before starting to write a text?

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We need to organize our ideas.

Connectors/linking words help us to give a logical
relationship between the various ideas.

The closely related ideas need to be joined with for instance, for example or
such as if one is an example of the other or with in other words/ that is to
say or to put it another way if one is rephrasing the other.

If they are simply additional points, we can use list connectors :

Firstly/secondly/Finally/Lastly
In addition/ Not only but also/ Besides that/ also/

To give an idea more importance, we can use: Above all, most important of
all/Worst of all or Last but not least.
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Lets give our ideas an appropriate sequence

2.2.when
b) Good
entertainment
Such as
cartoons

1.Firstly
a) Company for
the lonely and
elderly people
3.2.That is to say
e) Educational

Advantages

2.1.Secondly
3.1. Aboveall
c)
Relaxing

d)You can visit

places you cant visit
in real life

4.1.In the first

place
g)Passive
entertainment
(you can only sit
and watch

6.In addition
f)Keeps
you away
from real
life

Disadvantages

TV
5.In other
words
h)Anti-social
(You cant
talk)

7.Worst
of all
i)You
have to
pay.

4.2.Because of
that
j)You cant
argue with it
(Antiintellectual)

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-.Now we need a general statement so that the reader

becomes aware of what the text is going to be about.

The advantages and disadvantages of

television
Like in everything in our life there are pros and cons about
watching TV.
I will start by mentioning the advantages of TV as it is an
excellent company for the lonely and elderly people.
Secondly, it is relaxing when there is good entertainment
such as cartoons.

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Above all, through television you can visit places you cannot visit
in real life that is to say, it is educational.
There are also a number of disadvantages, however.
In the first place it is passive entertainment you can only sit and
watch.
Because of that, you cannot argue with it; in other words, it is antiintellectual. Not only that, but it is antisocial you cannot talk
when it is on.
In addition, it keeps you away from real, active culture.
Worst of all, you have got to pay for it.

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More advantages
You can swap channel
very easily ;
You can give your opinion
without getting any
reaction;
It encourages the eye
exercise of multifocussing, looking across
the room and then at
something else and then
back again. This doesn't
occur with a computer
monitor for with a radio

More disadvantages
Damages your eyes
Less time to practice
exercise leading to
obesity problems
Too many soap operas
Programmes/films
showing too much
violence;
Weakens our
imagination;

Other linking words

To state other peoples opinion:

many people feel that /point out that
It is believed that.
Summarising:- In short / To put it
briefly
To conclude: For the above mentioned
reasons / to conclude./ To sum up
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Now its your turn!

What do you think are advantages and
disadvantages of television?

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