It's been seen that reading for pleasure develops imaginations

and better language skills than to watch TV.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your
own knowledge or experience.
Sample Answer 1: (Agreement)
It has always been a great debate whether the pleasure reading or the watching
TV improves the creativity, positive imagination power and language skill for an
individual. Some people think that reading is better for enhancing positive
thinking while other groups say that watching TV is more beneficial. I completely
agree that the thinking capability and language skill of a person are better
developed by reading than watching television.
First of all, reading for pleasure grasps the attention of a person more than the
TV can. Most of the people who read a lot have a better thinking capability and
thus become innovative and more creative. While people do not pay utmost
attention while watching TV as they often change the channels to find something
more interesting.

Television improves the listening and speaking skills. Reading and the analytical
ability of an individual are developed more quickly by reading books. It is obvious
that reading books, magazines, journals or even websites give much opportunity
to learn something more accurately than watching television. In the case of
pleasure reading, the reader always has the option to read whatever interests
him/ her most. On the other hand, television programmes are broadcasted
according to the people who maintain that. Television programs are much more
commercial and always try to produce programs keeping the commercial aspects
in mind. Good books are always the better alternative in learning new things,
developing skills and imagination.

Again, the reading and writing skill of a person cannot be greatly developed
unless this person is a professional writer or reads a lot. Only watching television
is not a good choice who wants to develop their language skills.

Finally, good books and other reading materials come with the thoughtfulness of
writers and with the historical facts and events which are much more thought-
provoking than the TV programmes. People often tend to watch entertaining
programs like movies than watching a historical program on the History channel.
On the other hand, when people read books or other materials, they read only
things that can keep their attention. A book, thus, is a better option for everyone
to learn more, develop imagination and improve language skills, especially in
reading and writing areas.

Sample Answer 2: (Neutral point of view)

Some people believe that reading is better than watching television since it
improves people's creativity and imagination, and their literature skill as well. To
a certain extent, I would agree with the statement, but I do believe that watching
television at the proportionate time could also bring positive values to our mind
and language as well.
On the one hand, it is true that reading brings a lot of benefits for mankind.
Despite that people read books or articles for pleasure or study, it is a fact that
reading will enhance people's literacy and develop their imaginative thinking. As
there is no visual display in reading, it means that people have to imagine by
themselves about the event that is informed in the article or book, and definitely,
it will improve people's creativity. Besides that, by doing a lot of reading, people
will get used to seeing proper grammar, formal languages and new collocations,
therefore it will gradually improve the reader's language capabilities.  

On the other hand, watching television at the right portion and only watching
appropriate programs also bring benefits for people. Some television programs
trigger their viewer's imaginative thinking, such as National Geographic or
Discovery Channel. And then there are other programs such as BBC News or
CNN which could also affect people's way of communication. Therefore,
watching television could also bring positive effects to their watchers.

In conclusion, it is said that the reading has more positive effects on human
creative thinking and language skills. To a certain point, I would agree with it, but
I personally think that watching television has some positive things as well. It
could improve our imaginative thinking, communication skills and enhance our
knowledge, but we must select the appropriate programs and watch them
proportionately.