Task prompt
Read the two texts below. Write an essay that summarises and evaluates their key points. Express the ideas in your own words as far as possible and include your own views on the issue. Write 240–280 words.
Word limit: 280 words
"Digital Cohesion and Civic Life" is a C2 Proficiency Writing practice task (essay). Cambridge assesses content, communicative achievement, organisation and language on a scale from 0 to 5 per criterion. Plan before you write: identify the target reader, the required register and the number of points you must address. At C2, examiners expect sophisticated vocabulary used accurately, varied sentence structures and clear paragraphing.
Plan the essay before writing, address every prompt point, keep the expected register, respect the word limit, and use feedback to improve content, organisation, grammar range, and vocabulary precision.
Read the two texts below. Write an essay that summarises and evaluates their key points. Express the ideas in your own words as far as possible and include your own views on the issue. Write 240–280 words.
Word limit: 280 words
Digital tools have made it easier for people to maintain relationships across distance, organise around shared concerns and find communities that would be invisible locally. For migrants, carers and people with unusual interests, this can mean access to practical help as well as companionship. The social value of such networks should not be judged solely by the time people spend online: when used purposefully, they can strengthen participation in local life and widen the range of voices heard in public debate. It may also give isolated individuals a route into collective action when established institutions feel remote or inaccessible.
Online connection is often praised without enough attention to its commercial design. Platforms profit from keeping users engaged, which can reward outrage, encourage comparison and blur the distinction between public discussion and private life. A network may therefore appear inclusive while exposing participants to harassment or misinformation. Rather than assuming that more connection automatically creates stronger communities, societies need rules and habits that protect attention, privacy and respectful disagreement. Education in digital citizenship is therefore as important as technical access, particularly for people who have little power to shape the platforms they use.