IELTS Writing Task 2 chủ đề Family - Idea và từ vựng theo topic, subtopic

Family là topic khá quen thuộc với nhiều thí sinh, nhưng cũng vì vậy mà thí sinh thường chỉ tìm hiểu về chủ đề này khá hời hợt, không đi sâu vào những chủ đề con khó và lạ hơn. Bài viết hôm nay sẽ tổng hợp những chủ đề con thường gây khó khăn cho thí sinh trong chủ đề Family, đồng thời cung cấp từ vựng và ideas để thí sinh hoàn thành tốt những câu hỏi thuộc chủ đề này nhé. (Tìm hiểu thêm về cách học vocab theo tư duy Linearthinking tại đây #Link 94 Tổng hợp từ vựng hay cho IELTS Task 2).

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IELTS Writing Task 2 chủ đề Family - Idea và từ vựng theo topic, subtopic

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Các subtopic thường gặp và đề bài

Idea và từ vựng theo subtopic

Bài mẫu

Đề bài - Topic 2:

Bài mẫu Sample Essay:

Luyện tập thêm

Các subtopic thường gặp và đề bài

Khi nhắc tới Family, thông thường thí sinh rất dễ bắt gặp những câu hỏi đề cập tới các subtopics như:

Family size (nuclear families vs large families)
Parenting classes
Having children later in life
Dual-income families
Give children what they ask for
Couples having no children

Cùng xem thử ví dụ một vài câu hỏi thuộc các subtopics trên:

Topic 1:

More and more couples are deciding to be "child-free", or to have no children. Do the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages?

Topic 2:

As parents, they should be required to attend parenting courses every year to bring up their children well and give them a better environment for growth. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Topic 3:

Parents often give children everything they ask for and do what they like. Is it good for children? What are the consequences when they grow up?

Idea và từ vựng theo subtopic

Đi sâu vào từng subtopic, các ideas và vocab cho những subtopics này có thể được sắp xếp theo Linearthinking theo mô hình tư duy Advantages - Disadvantages

(Tìm hiểu thêm về cách học vocab theo tư duy Linearthinking tại đây #Link 94 Tổng hợp từ vựng hay cho IELTS Task 2)

	Advantages	Disadvantages
Nuclear family	- (family size) turn smaller => reduce the chance of discord which is almost inevitable in multi-generational families due to different personalities and preferences => enjoy greater sense of freedom and privacy. - Live in small family units => minimize the expenses + easily handle money-related issues => become more financially stable.	- live in a nuclear family => a lack of support from grandparents => perform multiple roles to satisfy the foundational needs of the family. - (The elderly) live alone without their children’s or grandchildren’s support => encounter difficulties in doing daily tasks since they are physically weak => casualties or even death cases owing to unfortunate accidents.
Large families (multi-generational families, extended families,..)	- Have old grandparents in the family => help take care of grandchildren => (parents) focus on working to earn money. - Be part of a large family => have an opportunity to learn a plethora of things such as discipline, patience and moral values from their grandparents, uncles and aunts => become a well-mannered and respectful person in future.	- people live in an extended family with many generations => a huge generation gap => there are considerable differences in terms of lifestyles and attitudes => have to deal with family conflicts. - pay for various expenditures such as households, transportation, food => less spending on a specific requirement, including education => (children) not have a chance to gain profound knowledge and improve social skills.
Parenting classes	- Provide mothers and fathers with in-depth knowledge about how to raise a kid at different developmental stages → have a better understanding of their children’s needs → take the best care of them - parents are equipped with basic medical training → have better preparation at child safety and injury prevention → be able to deal with emergency situations more effectively	- most parents struggle financially → usually work overtime to make ends meet → attending in parenting classes takes up their precious time and money → adversely affect their work and their life - disagreement over what good parenting entails → the idea of a parenthood preparation course that suits everyone is impractical → eventually, these parenting courses can be unworkable and largely pointless
Dual-income families	- Parents have separate careers => be able to afford various luxuries such as new toys, the latest gadgets, and even vacations abroad => (this) make for a much higher standard of living => reduce the possibility of stress-related conditions to both parents and children. - Both parents have an occupation => teach children about self-awareness and responsibility from a young age => have no difficulty in managing their lives when they have to live on their own.	- work too hard => be unable to provide emotional support to children => (children) are influenced by bad people => become rebellious => be prone to addiction to drugs, alcoholic drinks and other related issues - have less personal time and more responsibilities => fail to give sufficient attention to and spend time with children => increase the risk of children falling victim to crimes such as abduction or coming under the negative influence of peer pressure.
Having children later in life	- can devote more time to climbing the career ladder => prevent maternal leaves from disrupting professional proficiency - can confidently walk out of a dubious relationship => liberated from fear of disclosing childbearing wishes	- face well-documented medical risks => late childbirth entails premature delivery or ovarian cancer - disturb the natural chronology of life => young children might deal with parents’ ill health or even death at an early stage in life
Give children what they ask for	Positive if combined with competent parenting - providing for children with clear expectations and limits => children understand their privileges and obligations => cultivate an appreciation towards parents => instill in them a sense of responsibility over their belongings	Without proper parenting - parents use material gifts to substitute for quality family time => might feed children a sense of self-entitlement => children become impossible to say “no” to => incapable of coping with refusal in adulthood
Couples with no children	- not need to handle the expenditures of raising a child → decrease financial burden of every family significantly → enjoy their life free from any extra financial stresses - neither spending time on pregnant period nor taking care of children → means fewer responsibilities for a couple → invest time in getting higher education and later job promotion → spend their life fulfilling their dreams and accomplishing their aspirations - decline in the national/global birth rate → ameliorate the governments’ burden of the social welfare system → invest less budget in education, medicine or entertainment that are aimed at children → increase investment in other sectors	- choosing to have no children → miss the mental and emotional support when the couple gets old and infirm → make them feel isolated and depressed, even miserable in the twilight years of their life - decreasing birth rate → lack of labour force in the near future → huge economic and social problems occur

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nuclear family

- (family size) turn smaller => reduce the chance of discord which is almost inevitable in multi-generational families due to different personalities and preferences => enjoy greater sense of freedom and privacy.

- Live in small family units => minimize the expenses + easily handle money-related issues => become more financially stable.

- live in a nuclear family => a lack of support from grandparents => perform multiple roles to satisfy the foundational needs of the family.

- (The elderly) live alone without their children’s or grandchildren’s support => encounter difficulties in doing daily tasks since they are physically weak => casualties or even death cases owing to unfortunate accidents.

Large families (multi-generational families, extended families,..)

- Have old grandparents in the family => help take care of grandchildren => (parents) focus on working to earn money.

- Be part of a large family => have an opportunity to learn a plethora of things such as discipline, patience and moral values from their grandparents, uncles and aunts => become a well-mannered and respectful person in future.

- people live in an extended family with many generations => a huge generation gap => there are considerable differences in terms of lifestyles and attitudes => have to deal with family conflicts.

- pay for various expenditures such as households, transportation, food => less spending on a specific requirement, including education => (children) not have a chance to gain profound knowledge and improve social skills.

Parenting classes

- Provide mothers and fathers with in-depth knowledge about how to raise a kid at different developmental stages → have a better understanding of their children’s needs → take the best care of them

- parents are equipped with basic medical training → have better preparation at child safety and injury prevention → be able to deal with emergency situations more effectively

- most parents struggle financially → usually work overtime to make ends meet → attending in parenting classes takes up their precious time and money → adversely affect their work and their life

- disagreement over what good parenting entails → the idea of a parenthood preparation course that suits everyone is impractical → eventually, these parenting courses can be unworkable and largely pointless

Dual-income families

- Parents have separate careers => be able to afford various luxuries such as new toys, the latest gadgets, and even vacations abroad => (this) make for a much higher standard of living => reduce the possibility of stress-related conditions to both parents and children.

- Both parents have an occupation => teach children about self-awareness and responsibility from a young age => have no difficulty in managing their lives when they have to live on their own.

- work too hard => be unable to provide emotional support to children => (children) are influenced by bad people => become rebellious => be prone to addiction to drugs, alcoholic drinks and other related issues

- have less personal time and more responsibilities => fail to give sufficient attention to and spend time with children => increase the risk of children falling victim to crimes such as abduction or coming under the negative influence of peer pressure.

Having children later in life

- can devote more time to climbing the career ladder => prevent maternal leaves from disrupting professional proficiency - can confidently walk out of a dubious relationship => liberated from fear of disclosing childbearing wishes

- face well-documented medical risks => late childbirth entails premature delivery or ovarian cancer

- disturb the natural chronology of life => young children might deal with parents’ ill health or even death at an early stage in life

Give children what they ask for

Positive if combined with competent parenting

- providing for children with clear expectations and limits => children understand their privileges and obligations => cultivate an appreciation towards parents => instill in them a sense of responsibility over their belongings

Without proper parenting

- parents use material gifts to substitute for quality family time => might feed children a sense of self-entitlement => children become impossible to say “no” to => incapable of coping with refusal in adulthood

Couples with no children

- not need to handle the expenditures of raising a child → decrease financial burden of every family significantly → enjoy their life free from any extra financial stresses

- neither spending time on pregnant period nor taking care of children → means fewer responsibilities for a couple → invest time in getting higher education and later job promotion → spend their life fulfilling their dreams and accomplishing their aspirations

- decline in the national/global birth rate → ameliorate the governments’ burden of the social welfare system → invest less budget in education, medicine or entertainment that are aimed at children → increase investment in other sectors

- choosing to have no children → miss the mental and emotional support when the couple gets old and infirm → make them feel isolated and depressed, even miserable in the twilight years of their life

- decreasing birth rate → lack of labour force in the near future → huge economic and social problems occur

Bài mẫu

Cùng quan sát thử một bài viết mẫu thuộc chủ đề Family, áp dụng các ideas và vocab trong bảng tổng hợp phía trên nhé!

Đề bài - Topic 2:

As parents, they should be required to attend parenting courses every year to bring up their children well and give them a better environment for growth. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Bài mẫu Sample Essay:

Some people believe that it should be compulsory for parents to participate in annual parenting classes to gain knowledge on child rearing. Even though I acknowledge the benefits that parenting courses can bring, I still believe they are not practical and should not be required.

On the one hand, joining parenting classes can provide parents with useful knowledge and skills. In fact, they can give mothers and fathers in-depth knowledge about how to raise a kid at different developmental stages, so they have a better understanding of their children’s needs. This allows these parents to take the best care of their offspring. In addition, parents are also equipped with basic medical training in these classes. As a result, they will have better preparation at child safety and injury prevention, and be able to deal with emergency situations more effectively.

However, I would argue that these courses are not accessible and useful in all cases. In terms of finance, some parents struggle financially so they usually work overtime to make ends meet. This means that attending parenting classes will take up their precious time and money, which adversely affects their work and their life. Another rationale behind my belief is the fact that there is still disagreement over what good parenting entails. To be more specific, the idea of a parenthood preparation course that suits everyone is impractical and to some parents, these parenting courses can be unworkable and largely pointless.

In conclusion, while I agree that parenting courses can be useful to a certain extent, I still believe that their effectiveness is debatable while their costs are obvious.