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Band 6+: at what age should children start making their old decisions ?

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Well, I think children should learn how to make decisions from an early age, around 12 or 14, before puberty. By choosing their clothes and deciding on their hobbies for the weekend, they improve and foster their confidence and decision-making ability. It helps them learn life skills by making mistakes and learning from them because

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Well, I think children should be learned how to make decisions from the early ages like 12 or 14 before their puberty. Actually, by choosing their clothes and decide on their hobbies for the weekend, they improve and foster their confidence and their ability to decision making. Well, it actually helps them learn the life skills by making mistakes and learn from them because

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6.5

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Task Response

The answer is relevant to the question and provides a reasonable age range. Consider expanding on the 'why' aspect by providing more detailed examples and exploring the potential consequences of allowing children to make decisions at a young age. A more in-depth discussion of the developmental stages involved would strengthen the response.

Fluency & Coherence

The answer is coherent and mostly fluent. Minor repetition ("decision making") and a slightly abrupt ending. Improving the conclusion would enhance fluency.

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is adequate and mostly accurate. More precise language could be used; for example, instead of 'learned how to make decisions,' 'empowered to make decisions' would be more sophisticated. The phrase 'foster their confidence and their ability to decision making' could be improved to 'foster their confidence and decision-making skills'.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

Grammar is mostly accurate, but there are some minor errors. For example, 'learned how to make decisions from the early ages' should be 'learn to make decisions from a young age' or 'learn to make decisions from an early age'. The sentence 'by choosing their clothes and decide on their hobbies' should be 'by choosing their clothes and deciding on their hobbies'. The run-on sentence at the end needs to be broken up.

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