IELTS Writing Task 2: Technology & Media Essay Questions
Technology and media questions dominate recent IELTS Writing exams — social media and young people, remote work, artificial intelligence, whether the internet brings people together or drives them apart. These prompts punish vague answers hardest, because everyone has the same secondhand opinions about "the digital age". The essays that stand out cite one real app, one real habit change, one real number. Here is the current question set for this chapter and its high-frequency subtopics.
How this topic is examined
20 questions in the current bank fall under this chapter, split by essay type:
- Opinion (agree/disagree)11
- Discussion (both views)7
- Advantages & disadvantages2
High-frequency subtopics
Chapters are too broad to prepare directly — the working unit is the subtopic. These are the subtopics this chapter's questions cluster around:
- space exploration benefits
- long-term survival and space
- challenges of space funding
- government science funding
- ethical concerns in science
- impact on social interaction
- impact on professional life
- impact of digital devices
- digital information advantages
- digital information disadvantages
space exploration benefits
Free taste — one subtopic's idea bank- Investing in space technology significantly advances scientific knowledge and research capabilities.
- Breakthroughs from space exploration can lead to practical applications that improve daily life on Earth.
- Space missions stimulate high-level scientific and engineering innovation.
Three of the idea sentences behind this subtopic. Inside the app, every subtopic in this chapter comes with a full idea bank and collocations, rebuilt around your own experience.
Questions in this chapter
Current questions in this chapter with free sample essays:
- Even though modern technology makes global communication easy, many business people still travel a lot for meetings. Do…
- Having the skills to use modern digital technology is very important for people to do well in their careers. To what ext…
- Many people use social media every day to talk to others and to find out about the news. Do the advantages outweigh the…
- More and more people are getting their news from the internet instead of from traditional sources like newspapers and te…
- More and more people are now sharing their personal details, such as addresses, phone numbers, and bank information, onl…
- News channels should include more positive stories. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
- News reports should focus more on good news. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
- Some people believe that advertising is becoming less effective. Do you think this is a positive or negative development…
- Some people believe that modern technology, such as digital cameras and online diaries, is the best way to record and re…
- Some people believe that robots are essential for progress in the future. Others think that robots are dangerous and cou…
- Some people believe that technological developments mainly improve our lives, while others argue that they mostly cause…
- Some people believe that to understand other countries, it is necessary to travel internationally. Others argue that wit…
- Some people believe that violent movies and video games harm individuals and should be banned. Others, however, argue th…
- Some people think that advertising is good for the economy. Others believe that it has a negative effect on society beca…
- Some people think that images and videos in news reports show events accurately. Others believe that these media do not…
- Some people think that modern communication technologies are damaging to relationships between people. To what extent do…
- Some people think that news from newspapers or TV is not relevant to their lives, and so there is no point in reading or…
- Some people think that the main purpose of advertising is to persuade us to buy things we do not really need. To what ex…
- Some people think that using digital devices like computers and mobile phones for communication harms the reading and wr…
- These days, more and more people are using digital technology and computers to get information. Some people think that p…