IELTS Essay Topic #3 Traditional vs. Modern

Losing Traditional Skills

  • Because of industrialization and global trade, many traditions have disappeared
  • Global advertising encourages everyone to buy the same products
  • Most products are now made in factories
  • Machinery has replaced skilled human labor
  • Factory work is boring and leaves people feeling unfulfilled
  • Goods are produced very quickly and in large numbers
  • Products are cheaper, which means that more people can buy them

Examples

  • Clothes are mass produced in standard sizes
  • People wear similar clothes, rather than traditional costumes
  • Jeans and T-shirt are now worn throughout the world
  • Historic buildings took skilled craftsmen years to build
  • Modern concrete, steel and glass buildings are built in only weeks or months
  • There are fewer people who can create hand-made goods

Traditional Customs

  • Traditional customs are still important during weddings and religious festivals
  • People wear traditional costumes and eat special ethnic foods
  • It is important to maintain our different cultural identities
  • We should celebrate festivals, teach traditional skills and protect historic places