Please review my Task 2 Essay. Thank you so much.

TASK: Some people believe that reading stories from a book is better than watching TV or playing computer games for children. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

My essay:

Reading books is believed to be far more beneficial to children than watching TV or playing games on the computer. I am completely an advocate of this viewpoint.

To begin with, children would improve their imagination through reading rather than watching. While reading, the information would go deeply into children’s brain in an active way, which stimulates them to imagine the scenes and the characters’ appearances in the most creative way. This would help to develop their imaginary skills and creativity. Compared to watching TV or playing computer games, children would obtain information passively because all the images are available on the screens in front of them. Although this makes it less complicated to gain information, it would not require much imagination of children, thus limiting their ability to imagine stories.

Furthermore, reading can also help to develop their command of the language in comparison with watching TV or playing computer games. When reading a book, children would be exposed to a range of vocabulary and grammatical structures in different contexts. This would not only help children use language more flexibly and appropriately, but also could improve their writing skills. In contrast, when watching or playing games, sounds and images are significant parts rather than texts. Therefore, children can hardly learn new words or structures from that.

In conclusion, whether reading is better than watching or not has long been a matter of debate. I believe reading stories from a book is more helpful than watching TV or playing computer games.

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