Benefits and disadvantages of homework.

I’m going to say something quite … about the amount of homework at school, so I’d be interested to
hear what you think. We usually get masses of homework. I spend about … hours a week on
homework and I feel …. So, should our teachers continue to overload us with ….
Some students think so, but others disagree.

To begin with ….
Firstly …. Secondly …. Thirdly ….

However …. It is a well-known fact that …. What is more …. As a result ….

To sum up …. I am convinced that ….

to play an important role in the pupil’s education/to teach children to be responsible and hard-working/to
foster independent learning/to help reinforce what pupils have already learnt/to prepare them for
upcoming lessons and extend what they know/to make children learn more and revise the material they
have learnt at school/to provide an opportunity for parents to participate in children’s education.

to need some time to relax, exercise and play/to take a lot of time and effort/to sit up and do their
homework all night/to suffer a lack of physical exercises and good sleep/to lead to stress, heart attacks
and obesity/to have great difficulty in doing their homework.

to know what their pupils understand and can do independently (about teachers);
to give them an opportunity to increase their knowledge, to improve their abilities and skills and to grasp
new consepts.