Writing the Introduction for Task 2.

 

Here’s a basic, but genuine Task 2 question;

 

Government investment in the visual arts, the kind you often see in art galleries, is a waste of money.

Governments are better to invest this money in public services instead.

To what extent do you agree with this statement?

To understand how to approach the introduction, it’s a good idea to make a quick plan.

Making a plan requires you to consider the question.

Look at the suggested focus of the question below

 

Planing!

Doing this carefully means that you’re already planning your answer!

And here is an example for you to study – notice how I follow the structure provided at the beginning of this posts.

 

• Sentence 1 – Paraphrase the Task

 

• Eg. Many people feel that spending money on the arts is a bad use of resources and that this money is better invested in upgrading public services to improve the life of the government’s citizens.

 

• Sentence 2 – Explain why you hold that position.

 

• Eg. I disagree with the statement as the visual arts can also have an important impact on our quality of life.

 

• Sentence 3 – Give an academic example that backs up your idea.

 

• Eg. For example, recent studies agree that individuals that regularly visit art galleries are cited as being 20 per cent happier in terms of well-being than people who do not.

 

• Sentence 4 – Summarise the paragraph showing how your example links your idea/argument back to the main idea.

 

• Eg. Seeing the health benefits that many people get from the visual arts, it is important that the government assists such public institutions so that they can continue to provide pleasure to the public.

Here’s my final introduction for the question altogether.

 

Many people feel that spending money on the arts is a bad use of resources and that this money is better invested in upgrading public services to improve the life of the government’s citizens.

However, I disagree with the statement as the visual arts can also have an important impact on our quality of life. 

For example, recent studies agree that individuals that regularly visit art galleries are cited as being 20 per cent happier in terms of well-being than people who do not. 

Seeing the health benefits that many people get from the visual arts, it is important that the government assists such public institutions so that they can continue to provide pleasure to the general public.

 

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