Common trap
Only writing that older people increase healthcare cost ignores experience, volunteering, or later retirement.
Task 2 question guide
Ageing-population prompts need burden and contribution separated.
This IELTS Task 2 question should not start with memorising a model essay. First decide who the prompt concerns, what it compares, and whether it asks for cause, evaluation, or trade-off.
Diagnose the prompt before writing the full essay.
Diagnostic evidence
If the essay only has cost and no active ageing, the position is thin.
What to ask while reading the prompt
First decide whether the prompt asks about financial burden, family responsibility, employment, or social value.
What to revise after checking
Write one ageing chain: age group -> need or contribution -> social effect -> policy response.
- Whether older people are simplified
- Whether cost and contribution are balanced
- Whether policy response is specific
Guides
Keep going with these guides.
These pages explain the Banfen Writing diagnostic and blocker-repair method, Task 1 overview, Task 2 development, and common score blockers.
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Writing checker
使用 IELTS Writing checker 时，分数之外还要看主卡分点。更有用的是找出 Task Response、Coherence、Lexical Resource 或 Grammar 中最影响训练的主卡分点。
Population topic
IELTS Task 2 population topic 常见于老龄化、出生率和城市压力。先诊断年龄结构、资源压力和政策目标。先限定角度，再选例子。
Task 2 outline critique
IELTS Task 2 开写前先做 outline critique，用 10 分钟检查题目回应、立场平衡、主体段证据和展开链，避免写完整篇后才发现方向偏薄。
Government topic
IELTS Task 2 government topic 容易写成 government should do more。先诊断政策目标、预算取舍和结果链。
Work topic
IELTS Task 2 work topic 常见风险是把 remote work、job security、work-life balance 都写成泛泛效率。先诊断对象和因果。
Online learning vs classroom
Online learning vs classroom 题目容易只写方便和互动。先诊断学习效果、反馈和自律的比较标准。学习效果标准就是比较骨架。
Online privacy
Online privacy 题要诊断 data collection、personal convenience、security risk 和 regulation。
Online shopping local shops
网购和本地商店题要诊断 consumer convenience、small business 和 community impact。先做题目诊断，再写完整作文。
Start practising
Check the outline risk for this question first.
Submit your Task 2 essay or outline and get one main blocker plus one revision target.
References