Introduction
(a) Description of a
situation
(b) Identification of a
problem
(c) Description of a
solution
(d) Evaluation of the
solution
As the 21st century began, the
Internet has become an important tool in many major area such as in politics, in
business, or even in daily communication. The Internet has played a vital role
in bringing people from all over the globe to be connected with each other on
the Web through the social networking websites such as Facebook, and Twitter. However,
such benefits seem to be enjoyed mainly by the younger generation who have gone
through the education aided significantly by technology. The older generation
whose main method of education was dominantly a 'pen-and-paper' mode apparently
find adapting to this new era difficult. According to the statistics, only
about 30 per cent of Americans over the age of 65 use the Internet, and this
compares to nearly 90 per cent of young generation in America using the
Internet. The government tries to come up with the solution to bridge the gap
between this two groups of people, and the attempt by the community centres to
train the older generation to use the basic function of the Internet seems to
have done good for the older generation. However, I personally feel that there
are more ways to help more of the older people to use the Internet so that they
will not be left 'isolated' from this perpetually-progressing society.
Identification & description of the PROBLEM
(a) Topic sentence
(b) BRIEFLY describe problem
·
why is it a problem?
·
how did globalisation
lead to the problem?
·
examples/evidence
(c) Concluding sentence
- As the technology keeps upgrading to better
cater to the needs by many people, the ways to handle those products get
increasingly complicated. The instructions found in the new application in the
Internet such as Google Chrome, or Ping are using many technical words most of
the time, and this makes older generation difficult to use it effectively.
- As mentioned earlier, a
significant proportion of the older generation had gone through the education
system with a relatively low level of aid by IT (if not, not at all for some) ,
so they often find these new upgrades of technology difficult to follow up,
compared to the younger generation who are rather more acceptive to such
changes.
- Therefore, this poses a
problem, as older generation may not continue to use the perpetually-changing
programmes in the long run, and be left out of the online social circle.
- So, they might feel lonely as they have not many people
to talk with, and this problem can be even more worsen by a 'small family'
which is a current social problem in which older generation and younger
generation do not live together.
SOLUTION - Description & evaluation
(a) Topic sentence
(b) Explain and support one
solution.
·
Describe ONE existing
solution (WHAT? WHO? HOW?)
·
EVALUATE its
effectiveness (evidence)
·
Explain what evidence
shows: why effective/not effective
in fixing the
problem? Think about why the solution may
still be a problem.
·
If you can improve on
existing solution(s), propose modifications to this solution(s).
(c) Concluding sentence.
- Government can organise the
campaign/programme/activity to help the older generation to be able to master
the skills of using the Internet.
- Instead of hiring the
professionals, school students could be invited to teach the older generation
(as part of Community Involvement Programme which is compulsory activity to be
fulfilled).
- In this way, students can
learn to communicate effectively with the older generation as they teach them,
and understand the common problems that these group of older generation face
when handling the Internet. This will in turn make students able to treat their
own grandparents with better understanding.
- Older generation can also
benefit greatly, as they learn the skills to bring themselves into the online
social circle to be kept in touch with their friends, and family members for
those who are not living with their children.
- This will yield a win-win situation.
Hi Yechan,
ReplyDeleteYour social group (older generation) is too general. Perhaps you may include a specific country for the social group.
Also, instead of using the 'government', you may want to provide a more particular ministry which is relevant to the social group.
Lastly, your thesis statement seems incomplete as the statement shows the summary of your findings. "However, I personally feel that there are more ways to help more of the older people to use the Internet so that they will not be left 'isolated' from this perpetually-progressing society."
By Wei Siang, Yi An and Adila