SAMPLE QUESTION: –
| The demand for coaching services has grown significantly in the digital age with online coaching platforms becoming prevalent. Some feel that online coaching is a superior option to in person coaching. To what extent do you agree or disagree? |
PREPARATION
- IDEA GENERATION: – Write your ideas, examples for each side in the respective columns while brainstorming.
| SIDE -1/Part-1: – | SIDE -2/ Part-2: – |
| Agree to Online coaching superior to in-person coaching. | Disagree to Online coaching superior to in-person coaching |
| Convenience of online coaching- comfort of their homes and schedule classes | practical lessons, experiments, and training need offline classes |
| Opportunity in online coaching- learn from the experts of the fields from any country. | clarify their doubts, engagement. – offline class better |
| Eg, Masterclass -learn online from experts. | Eg, medical & engineering courses – offline practicals essential |
2. MY POSITION/ OPINION (Only If asked in question): –
| Agree that online coaching is superior. I support online coaching more that offline coaching. |
[ I always choose my position/opinion only after going through the brainstormed ideas and evaluating which side I can write better. In this question, I felt that I could write on ‘the merits of online coaching’ better than offline coaching and hence, agreed with the statement.]
13-SENTENCE ESSAY FRAMEWORK
PARAGRAPH-1: INTRODUCTION
[ Sentence 1-3]
S-1: TOPIC – General Statement (An introduction to the overall topic of essay)
| The advent of the internet has catalyzed the growth of online coaching prevalent all over the world. |
S-2: THE TASK- Write the question statement in our own words.
| There is a general perception that such studies are better when compared to offline counterparts. |
S-3: YOUR ANSWER- Your opinion/Position/ Answers to the questions
| Despite some tangible benefits of in-person coaching, I contend that it could never match the flexibility that digital technologies have brought to the future of studies. |
PARAGRAPH 2: BODY PARAGRAPH-1 (BP-1): First Side development/ Answer to part-1 question (If Agree-disagree or advantage-disadvantage essay, we use paragraph-1 to acknowledge the side we support less)
[ Sentence 4 -7]
[In this example, we choose to write on the ‘offline coaching in BP-1’ as we support ‘on-line coaching’ more which would be in BP-2]
S-4: INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SIDE WE HAVE CHOSEN TO WRITE – Main reason why some people support this side? / Question part-1 answer intro
| Critics of online coaching point to the fact that most of the classes today require practical lessons to be learned to better imply them in real-life environments. |
S-5: EXPLAIN S-4. Explain showing your skills in sentence-structures, vocabulary and linking devices.
| With in-person sessions from instructors, students could clarify their doubts and might feel better engaged. |
S-6: DEVELOP S-5 fully showing your skills in sentence-structures, vocabulary and linking devices.
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S-7: RELEVANT EXAMPLE or a BP-1 CONCLUSION
| For instance, many professional courses like Medical and engineering have a lot of practical classes involving experiments and it is imperative to have offline trainings for these for a proper understanding of the subjects. |
PARAGRAPH-3: BODY PARAGRAPH-2 (BP-2) Second Side development/ Answer to part-2 question
[ Sentence 8 -11].
S-8: INTRODUCTION TO THE OTHER SIDE –Main reason why people support this side? / Answers to question part 2.
| However, online coaching has dual advantages of both convenience and opportunity. |
S-9: EXPLAIN S-8. Explain showing your skills in sentence-structures, vocabulary and linking devices.
| In such classes, students could sit in the comfort of their homes and schedule classes to fit into their routines, saving money spent on commuting to the institutions. |
S-10: DEVELOP S-9 fully showing your skills in sentence-structures, vocabulary and linking devices.
| Moreover, this mode also provides the chance to directly learn from the experts of the fields from any corner of the world. |
S-11: RELEVANT EXAMPLE or a BP-2 CONCLUSION
| This is particularly true given the fact that the popularity of online coaching sites like Masterclass is on the rise where students could choose to learn from thousands of subjects from the respective industry experts. |
PARAGRAPH-4: CONCLUSION [Sentence 12-13]
S-12: THE TASK AGAIN. Write the question statement in own words again. (Different sentence structure than S-2)
| In conclusion, the rise of the digital age has paved the way for the growth of coaching over the internet and many believe this to be superior to offline classes. |
S-13: YOUR ANSWER AGAIN- Your opinion/Position/ Answers to the questions again (Different sentence structure than S-3)
| In my opinion, although in-person coaching has some marginal benefits, I argue that it is the online classes that outmatch the other mode of learning by the flexibility they offer. |
THE FINAL ESSAY
The demand for coaching services has grown significantly in the digital age with online coaching platforms becoming prevalent. Some feel that online coaching is a superior option to in person coaching. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
The advent of the internet has catalyzed the growth of online coaching prevalent all over the world. There is a general perception that such studies are better when compared to offline counterparts. Despite some tangible benefits of in-person coaching, I contend that it could never match the flexibility that digital technologies have brought to the future of studies.
Critics of online coaching point to the fact that most of the classes today require practical lessons to be learned to better imply them in real-life environments. Medical and engineering students have a lot of practical classes involving experiments and training where a proper understanding of them is required when they begin their career. With in-person sessions from instructors, students could clarify their doubts and might feel better engaged. For instance, in many institutions, when many trainings were shifted from in-hand to online ones, the effectiveness of the learnings were impacted negatively.
However, online coaching has dual advantages of both convenience and opportunity. In such classes, students could sit in the comfort of their homes and schedule classes to fit into their routines, saving money spent on commuting to the institutions. Moreover, this mode also provides the chance to directly learn from the experts of the fields from any corner of the world. This is particularly true given the fact that the popularity of online coaching sites like Masterclass is on the rise where students could choose to learn from thousands of subjects from their respective industry experts.
In conclusion, the rise of the digital age has paved the way for the growth of coaching over the internet and many believe this to be superior to offline classes. In my opinion, although in-person coaching has some marginal benefits, I argue that it is the online classes that outmatch the other mode of learning by the flexibility they offer.