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Writing Paper: Part 2
Task type: Letter to an editor

Question
You have recently read the following magazine article.

 

Is it the end of the printed book as we know it?

According to internet experts, the book is dead. What they are predicting is that by 2020 90% of everything we read will be in electronic form. So the form of the book that has been around for 1300 years will become extinct...

 

Write a letter to the editor of 'Future Net' giving your views (about 250 words).


Answer

Click on the underlined words or phrases for comments. The numbers in brackets offer suggestions. General feedback appears below the essay.

Name: Olatz

School: Opening

27th of October 2000

Dear Sir.

I am really interested in the article you wrote last week about {***} {1} death of printted books with the appearance of new technologies such as {***} {2}internet.

From my point of view in the last ten years computers have become such an important power that

humans can neither {3} control them, {4} indeed, machines are becoming more powerful than humans minds and this might set off a dissater in this world.

Reading books has not only been an excellent entertainment and pleassure for lots of people during {5} years and years but it has been our bigger educative {6} instrument since we have had to learn history{***} geography and biology, for instance reading our school notebooks.

If books dissappeared we would have computers in all schools instead {***} {7} the traditional books, that would be slightly more comfortable since we would have all the information in internet.

Although tere is not much to do to deal with the problem of book's death {8}, I encourage everybody to sort out to this problem and to go on reading books in order not to make them dissapear.

I look forward you to taking my advivise into account as you are an important person and you have a

{9}

yours faithfully

OLATZ


Feedback

This is a good attempt to discuss some of the issues in the question. You have written just over 200 words, so you have scope the develop the question (of whether or not the printed book has a future) a little more, by considering the advantages and disadvantages of reading books in electronic format.
The layout and organisation of the letter is appropriate.
In terms of language I'd advise you to concentrate on spelling, although your grammatical control is very good.

Good luck in the exam!

Fiona Joseph
29.11.00

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