Are you for or against?
Electronic books or paper books?*
Are electronic books better than traditional paper books? Ebooks are very popular
these days but many readers prefer paper books.
Some people think that electronic books are great. You can store thousands of
books on an ebook, whereas paper books take up lots of space at home. You don’t
need to go to a bookshop because you can buy and receive books online instantly.
On the other hand, printed books are still very popular. Some people prefer to hold a
‘real’ book and like to touch paper pages. You can lend a favourite book to a friend
but you can’t borrow your friend’s ereader for a couple of weeks. Also, electronic
books are very expensive.
To sum up, I think that electronic books are a really useful invention. Many people
use them but they won’t replace paper books in the future. What do you think?
- Write a ‘for or against’ blog
entry.
- You should use the blog entry in Task 1 as a
model for your writing and write 4 paragraphs, an introduction, a
paragraph with reasons ‘for’, a paragraph with reasons ‘against’ and a
conclusion. Use the words and expressions from Task
1B.
- Blog your essay in comments to this message.
*Lesson Plans by Teaching English British Council
