TEST 4, WRITING TASK 2
This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a
Band 6.0 score.
Since ancient times people tried to treat themselves by herbals and another natural products. In
these days this type of treatment is named as alternative medicine. Nowadays, more and more
people with some diseases decide to use alternative medicines instead of classic medicine. In this
essay I will try to discuss pros and cons.
In my opinion, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages of using traditional medicine. The first
reason is that nobody knows how this treatment will affect to a person’s health. There are a lot of
cases when using different herbals caused allergic reaction and some people dead. The next reason
is that people who do not have any medical education try alternative medicines. They do not know
what the result will be and hope that it will be positive but not always is like that.
Although there are a lot of disadvantages, advantages might make people not go to usual doctor.
The first and the main pro is that using herbals does not cause environmental problems such as air
pollution or gas waste. Many pharmaceutical plants use chemicals which have harmful affect on the
environment. The other reason is that alternative medicines are usually much cheaper than usual
treatment as you do not have to go to pharmacy and buy expensive drugs.
To sum it up, the alternative treatment will be forever because it has some advantages which many
people think that they can outweigh the disadvantages but I do not think so. The conventional
medicine which develops rocketly will drive out other types of treatment in the future.
Here is the examiner’s comment:
The response addresses both sides of the question and the candidate states
their position in the second paragraph. The disadvantages presented include not
knowing if the treatments will work, possible allergic reactions and the dangers
of untrained practitioners. The advantages include remedies being kinder to the
environment and usually cheaper.
Ideas are arranged coherently with a range of cohesive devices, although
organisation is sometimes mechanical due to the high number of linking devices.
There is evidence of referencing [chemicals which | it] with some error [that they
can outweigh / outweigh].
Vocabulary is used adequately and there are some good examples used [allergic
reaction | pharmaceutical plants | conventional medicine]; however, some errors
remain [dead / die | rocketly / very quickly]. Grammatical structures include some
sentences with multiple clauses [which have | as you]. However, there are errors
[not always is like that / it is not always] and most sentences are short and simple.
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