Q...When people move to another country, some of them decide to follow the customs of the new country. Others prefer to keep their own customs. Compare these two choices. Which one you prefer? Support your answer with specific details.
An ever increasing number of people, thanks to globalization, move from one part of the world to another in search of greener pastures. Some people try to preserve their own cultures while others adopt the culture of the host country. This essay compares the pros and cons of these two views and argues that adopting the host country’s custom is better.
To begin with, a person from a country with strong and old cultural traditions, it will be far difficult for him to reject his own and adapt new one within a short time. On the contrary, keeping old customs provides them a sense of satisfact...
Subscribe as testbig VIP readers and get unlimited access to essays on the top list.
Comments
By following follow this
By following follow this custom, --> typing mistake additional word follow --> By following this custom,
Tessy, good to use 'When we are in Rome do as the Romans do'.
It is on top list:
http://www.testbig.com/essay-categories/ielts
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 8.5 out of 9
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 19 15
No. of Words: 378 350
No. of Characters: 1859 1500
No. of Different Words: 209 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.409 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.918 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.757 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 132 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 96 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 72 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 50 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 19.895 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.34 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.632 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.29 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.465 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.104 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5