Dear All,
After the exam, we had the chance to see our strengts and weaknesses. Your progress is quite good. We finished Cause Paragraphs and started Chapter 3-Effect Paragraphs.
In this unit, we have focused on some previous words and phrases such as
cause negative effect
lead to adverse influence
result in positive impact
bring about significant
give rise to dramatic
Remember that there are different ways to construct your sentences with the same meaning
e.g: Workaholism is a serious type of addiction that leads to numerous problems.
Work addiction has negative impacts on people's lives.
Working overtime affects various aspects of people's lives negatively.
In this unit, we also focused on Mind Mapping before writing a paragraph. Besides, as you may know it is important to use the Editing Checklist after writing.
Effect Paragraps are similar to Cause Paragraphs but you need to pay attention to wording.
See the examples in the presentation below:
Addiction to TV Series
YanıtlaSilPeople who is addicted to TV series faces some adverse influences. To begin with, addicted people to TV series compare their own lifestyles with actors' lifestyles. If actors have more enjoyable or more colourful lifestyles, the viewers feel pessimistic, because they think that they never will not have a life like actors'. Moreover, addicteds' moral values often change. If the actor feels happy, the viewer feels happy or if the actor cries, the viewer cries. This means that the addicted viewers can feel like the actors' easily. Another negative influence is that addiction to TV series can cause some health problems. According to a research conducted by KTU Research Department, 61 percent of people who is addicted to TV series face serious psychological problems. These people have to see a psychiatrist regularly. Also, watching TV for a long time can lead to headache, backache and vertigo. To sum up, people addicted to TV series can have some problems such as comparison of lifestyles, changes in moral values and health problems.
Computer Overuse
Computer overuse causes many negative psychological effects on university students. The internet is used by especially university students, because there are programmes which the university students have to use for their lessons or assignments. Firstly, imagine an engineer student who have to use the internet all the time to study his/her exams and do his/her homework. This student will be addicted to the internet unavoidably. Moreover, using the engineering programmes can be difficult and boring, so this situation can lead to depression for students, because they can not overcome these programmes easily. This occasion make the students agressive and this is a symptom of depression. In addition, university students are fond of the games, movies and social web sites. Most of these students are affected by the internet. For example, if a university student plays a war game, he/she can be thrusting on his/her daily life after the game. If a student watches a movie and he/she has got a lesson after the movie, he/she can not focus the lesson easily. To sum up, computer overuse has got some adverse psychological effects on university students such as depression, focusing problem and addiction.
Hüseyin KANDAZ
Being a TV Junkie
YanıtlaSilAddiction to TV series which is a common problem nowadays can lead to many problems.First of all ,when we watch TV ,actually
we can understand that the things and the events on TV are not real.But if we watch it too much ,we can get get used to the
events on TV subconsiously ;consequently, we cannot differentiate the real world from the TV world.This situation effects
people in two ways.The first effect of it is that we can think our lives are very boring and meaningless ,becaouse the lives
on the movies and TV series are more colourful than our lives.The second effect of it that it can change our moral values.
For example ,if you see a chilnd calls his father with his name, you will get used to this situation ;moreover, it can
even change the society.Secondly, TV addiction causes health problems.If you watch TV too much ,it means that you do not
exerciise enough or at all ;consequently, the TV junkies are more likely to be overweight.In brief, watcking TV so much has
negative effects on both our physical and mental health.
Computer Overuse
Unfortunately, there are numerous negative effects of computer overuse on university students.Firstly, overusing computer
causes lonelyness.If a university student overuse computer ,he or she cannot go out often and socialise.It is a big prolem
for a university stdunet ,because both the university life and the bussines life require being social.Secondly, you can be
addicted to computer ,if you overuse it.Online games are the most common reason of computer addiction.If you start to play
one of them, you can be addicted easily ,because most of them require that you must log in and play every day.The relationship
betwwen the computer addiction and overusing computer is mutual.It means, İf you overuse computer,you are addicted to it ;moreover,
if you are addicted to computer ,you overuse it.Lastly, computer overuse makes you feel guilty, because you spend most of your
time on the computer instead of stuying for your exams.To sum up, computer overuse causes you to be an unsocial and addicted person ,and
makes you feel guilty ;hence, university students should use computers when its necessary.
Ahmet Talha YİĞİT
Addiction to TV Series
YanıtlaSilWatching TV too much affects various aspects of people's lives negatively. To begin with, people who see life of celebrities on TV emulate, and they want to have a colorful life. They want to both earn a lot of money and be famous like them. for example, they want to join the tours and sign their images. Secondly, TV addiction changes in moral values on people's lives because everthing is puslished the worst forms on TVs for ratings. for instance, they broadcast the violent publications due to earning money. Finally, addiction to TV series leads to many health problems because of the long duration of series. People do not move for hours to watch series. As a consequence, many diseases occur on people body such as osteoclasis, slipped disc and obesity. To sum up, TV dependence brings about health problems and society degradation.
Effects of Computer Overuse
In today's world, many university students use the computer excessively, and it has several negative impacts on student's lives. The first effect is addiction. Using computer has become addictive for them. Therefore, they spend most of their time at the computer. Besides, using computer is need like eat and shelter. Secondly, using computer constantly leads to depression because students spend time on the computer all day. As a result, they are lonely and asocial. This situation pushes students to depression. Finally, the last effect is introversion. Students who always hang out in a virtual environment become introverted; thus, they do not share anything with anyone and do not communicate with anybody. In brief, the more students use computer, the more they are addicted, depressed and introverted.
Hülya URAS
Enemy in Houses
YanıtlaSilOverusing of computer is one of the most important issuses of new century. It has not only physical but also psychological effects on human health, and pschological effects are separated three main branch. The first effect is telling lie to employers, friends and family members to spend much more time in front of screen. For example, when students are asleep at lesson, as a reason of being asleep, they say they had studied until sun rises although they has spend all time with computer. As second effect, not being able to restrict the time when students are in front of screen can be said. While a human are doing what he/she is interested in, he/she neither is able to realize the time even there is a clock nor wants to restrict the time ;therefore, they spend time uncontrolled. Finally, students who spend too much time with computer become detached overtime because they overuse their computer instead join some activities, and meet new friends. Consequently, they feel lonely, isolated and depressed. Shortly, overusing of computer has significant effects on university students; besides, telling lie, separated from social life and not being able to restrict the time are the psychological effects.
Serious Damage Which Comes from Fun
There are dramatic results of addiction to TV series. First of all, watchers make comperison between actors’ life styles and theirs. As a result of this comperison, if they do not have a life styles which is like actors’, they may feel depressed because they may think their lifes are boring and meaningless. On the other hand, they may enthusiasticly devote themselves to be gained a meaning to their life. The other effects on people’s health is spending too much time in front of TV may result in some health problems. The most widespead illness is eye fatigue; which ninety percent of people with TV series addiction have; also, standing still long periods cause skeletal problems.Finally, tv series which are on specious types and subject are produced all over the world; besides, people from various country can watch them. But, there are a lot of culture on the world,either ;therefore, watchers especially youngs can be effected from the culture gaps, and they may alienation from their own culture.Shortly, changes in moral values, health problems and comperison of life styles are some effects of addiction to TV series on humans.
B.Koray Öz
Addiction to TV Series
YanıtlaSilAddiction to TV Series has some possible consequences on people’s life.The first effect of addiction to TV Series is comparison of lifestyles. Viewers’ own lifestyles and actors’ lifestyles are compared by viewers; thus, viewers think they have a boring life. The other important effect of addiction to TV Series is changes in moral values. Spectators’ moral values are affected by TV Series’ charecters who have some bad behaviors. Viewers want to look like to charecters’ lifestyles. For example, if charecter drink a lot, viewers want to do it. The last impact of addiction to TV Series is health problems for viewers. If viewers are addicted to TV series, some physical psychological health problems emerge because of watching TV Series a lot. Physical problems are headache, eyes problems, backache. Psychological problem is being unsocial because you do not communicate with your friends when you watch TV Series. In brief, if you do not want to have bad moral values, health problems and boring life, you should not watch TV Series a lot.
Computer Overuse Damages University Students’ Life
University students who always use computer have some major consequences on their life. The first effect of computer overuse is spend a long time on computer.Time passes too quickly when you are on computer.For example,you turn on computer only 5 minutes, but 30 minutes passes;also, you do not care time.
The other important impact of computer overuse is unsocial life. University students who use computer a lot do not communicate with their friend;besides, these students think that computer life is real life,so they do not care their own friends and family. The last influence of computer overuse is computer addiction. University students who use computer a lot are computer addiction. Brain produce some hormon when you are using computer; thus, if you use computer a lot, you are computer addiction. To sum up, there are many harmful psychological effects of computer overuse on university students such as spending a long time, unsocial life and computer addiction; thus, university students should be careful when they use computer.
Murat AYYILDIZ
Addiction to Tv Series
YanıtlaSilBeing Addiction to Tv series has many bad effects on the life of people. Firstly, Many people compare their lifestyles with actors lifestyles. They are thinking; actors have everything , they have expensive car , wonderful house , beautiful girl or elegant man but İt is complete lie because movie producers want people to see like that. So people want to watch this tv series much more.Then they are saying; “My life is too boring”. Secondly, moral values is changing day by day. Many young people do not have respect for old people anymore. They is behaving like young movie actor and they are thinking it is so cool. Finally, If people watch too much tv series it cause lots of health problem. They spend too much time than necessary they can not think healthy. Because they losing brain functions. In short; tv series cause that people think their life is meaningless. It is changing in moral values of people have and if people watch too much tv series they will possible lose mental health.
Computer Overuse
If Universty students use computer too much it lead to many psychological problem. Firstly, They avoid to participate in social activities. So They addicted to their computer and they do not want to communication a friend or somebody and they sometimes feel lonely. Secondly, They spend too much time front of the computer. It lead to deterioration of health. Either mental health or physical health is affected from this situation. Long time using computer slow down brain function and they think, i do not live without my pc. Finally, They depend on Internet sources of information for his research. They do not want to go library and museum, historical place etc. Because they find a lots of sources with one click.This easy way to reach to information. But univesity student must be researcher much more. In brief, Computer overuse lead to unsocial life , psychological problem and, It prevent university student from being researcher.
YALÇIN MENTEŞE
There are three common effects of being addicted to television series. The first effect is the comparison of lifestyle. People who are addicted to television series compare their lifestyles with the actors'. They want to have a lifestyle like in the television series. People who are not satisfied with their lifestyle emulate actors'. Another important effect is changes in moral values. For example,watching different cultures' television series all the time leads people to adopt it to their. Therefore, these people feel isolated from their societies. Finally,being addicted to television series causes health problems. If people watch the television series too much , they may not be active on their social life enough. They cannot attach with the real life and they may be prone to depression. Overall, being addicted to television series damages people on several ways. People should control this situation.
YanıtlaSilHelin Dilan Kaya
Addiction to TV
YanıtlaSilAddiction to TV may lead to about some issues such as health problems, aducational problems, and discriminating real life or the realm of imaginary.Fist of all , addiction to TV can effect on health problems.One of the important problems is eye strain.People watching TV from close-range are influenced by beam.Besides, people sitting cross TV for a long time have psyhical problems such as backache.Although TV has beneficial programmes, some of them unnecessary. Some of programmes are not appropriate for every ages. People watching TV long time can not anything rest of day because addicting to TV is waste of time. Finally, people being addicted to TV can not distinguish real life and the realm of imaginary.Therefore ; people emulating series , and film characters behave like them. For instance , adolescents emulating Polat Alemdar from Kurtlar Vadisi threat their pairs. Even if adolecents kill the students and their teachers. In brief , addiction to TV bring about people's life negatively.
Wars
For many years, wars have been in the world. Wars have many significant impact on reflections. Firstly , after the wars people have many psychological problems such as unrest, depression , and fear. Many of people after the war can not get used to their normal life because of these effects. Also , people fighting on the war can be injured or disabled. Moreover , many of people be unemployed after the war, thus ; country can not progress. The governments have to spend much money for saving the itselves. Finally , hungriness is the crucial problem after the wars. The governments falling down about economy do not pay salary. Agricultural productions stop in that country. In brief , endless wars continnuing the world they will consume the world beacause of these problems.
Talha Türker HALiLOĞLU
Addiction To TV Series
YanıtlaSilAddiction to Tv series has many negative effects, which are comparison of lifestyles, changes in moral values and health problems. One of the bad influence is comparison of lifestyles. Life in TV series is showed more beautiful than your life. Consequently, you compare your lifestyle with actors lifestyles. If your life is so bad, you have boring life for you. you suffer from depression. The other impact changes in moral values. Maybe families lifestyles in TV series are different your lifestyle. Unless your family lifestyle is better than family lifestyle in TV serious, you can conflict with your family. Accordingly you want their family lifestyle. The last result is health problems such as headache, backache, sleeping problems. Whether you watch a lot of TV, you have got health problems. To sum up, these consequences decreases our quafility of life.
Büşra ÇİÇEK
Computer overuse
YanıtlaSilComputer overuse has some adverse psychological effects on University Students . Firstly, it may result in being a social in society. For example, they lose contact with the outsideworld.Furthermore, they do not try finding anybody to talk with neither oldfriends nor newfriends. Another impact is addiction. For instance, all day people are staying on the computer which include some online games, social sites. Moreover, it may result in isolation. Finally, computer overuse might bring about conflicting with family. Parents complain that they neglect their school works which are not done. They only focus computer ;as a result,they forget to eat. Furthermore, parents claim that computer use kills conversation at home. To sum up, computer overuse has some negative influences on University Students such as depression, addiction and conflict with family.
Büşra ÇİÇEK
Addiction to TV Series
YanıtlaSilIt is well-known fact that addiction to TV series has many negative influences on people's life.First of all, addiction to TV series may lead to some health problems such as visual impairment and obesity. According to researches in Germany, people who watch TV every time complain visual impairment,so they have to use glasses or contact lens.Another researches show that people face to be obese if they always stay on the face of television.Second negative impact is comparison of lifestyles because life in TV series is not same real life,and it is shown more pleasant than real life.Thus, people start to envy life in TV series and compare their lifes and actors life in series.Besides, they complain everything in their lifes.Finally, people who watch different life styles in TV series behave like actors.It can lead many problem.For instance,teenagers in Turkey who watch American TV series behave American people like wearing different clothes and talking loudly.To sump up, addiction to TV serios has not good effects on people for many reasons. If people do not want to face bad impacts, they should find different activities instead of TV series.
Eser Berk YILMAZ
TV Series' Damages
YanıtlaSilPeople who are addicted to TV series has got several problems.First problem is comparision.If he or she addicts to TV series, they compare their own lives with the life at television. Consequently, they became unhappy, for the real life is not colourful and meaningful like television. Another problem is changes in moral values. Although television has got some beneficial series and programmes, generally there are lots of absurd things.So, this situation effects moral values badly.Finally, addiction to TV series has influences on human health.For addicted people always watch the television, their eyes and body can be threated in a negative ways.To sum up, health problems, comparison of life styles and changes in moral values are some drawbacks of addiction to TV series on humans.
Addiction to Computer
In today's world, lots of university students use the computer exorbitantly; thus, computer overuse has effects on university students' physchology.To begin with, the university student who always use the computer is lonely person.He or she can not state themselves because they do not confident themselves. Secondly, they can be addicted to computer.Facebook, Twitter and online games are the most important reasons of computer addiction because they always need to check them, so they spend their hours. Finally, they can not consantrate on variety situation, for generally they think social media. Consequently, they can not connect with the real life.In short, addiction to computer causes many physchological problems.
Açelya ATALAY
Addicted to television series
YanıtlaSilTelevision,more especially television series has become an main part of our life.However, there are hundreds of it for watching people in their leisure time.Watching a lot of it have many nagative impact on people life.First of all, people especially children can easily be influenced by some it for example "Kurtlar Vadisi".People watched it then they compare their lifestyle and actors lifestyle; also, they start to query own life.They want to be like actors because people who think, actors life is charming have meaningless and ordinary life.Morover, people who watch more televizyon series change their moral values.They exhibit an aggressive manner to other people because its include violent.Its change people's perspective in their life.They can be afffected by series of charecters for example, Hürrem Sultan is character who play in Muhteşem Yüzyıl. Her hair color is orange so many women want to change hair color like her.Finally, many addicteds have a lot of health problems.They watch series too much hours gives rise to eye fatigue and they frequently focus same point; therefore, they face muscle problems.In conclusion,if yo think, too much watch its do not make addicted; also, you do not compare your life, change your moral values and face health problems, you keep going to watch it.
Computer overuse
Computer overuse is a crucial type of addition that brings aboutmany psychologicalproblems.To begin with, it has adverse effect on university student because they usually use it more than other people for keeping touch theor friends, doing research for homework and playing online games.
Actually , many students who come different city for university can not easily adapt their new life; therefore, they chose to use computer instead of making new friends.They create own virtual life but when they turned real life they feel lonelinnes and suffer from adaptation problem.Secondly, students who do not suit their new life become addicted to use computer.They want to stay on the computer all day; also, they eat in front of the computer screen.Finally, students kill too much time at their computers.When they met new friend they feel shy but when they use computer they feel free.They make what they want.To sum up , computer overuse has nagative impact on university students' s psychology, they become shy, introvert , addicted and spend too much time.
Firdevs CANLI
Computer Overuse
YanıtlaSilIt is known that there are many psychological effects of computer overuse on university students. First of all, the students who look computer's screen long time may have myopic eyes, and they may use a glasses. Moreover, they believe that they seem beastly. Secondly, computer's extreme users own unsocial life, because all of their friends are conjectural. Therefore, their friendships in the real world are very bad, and they are alone. The final effect is that when the university students sit on the chair across the computer, they feel hungry. Then, they eat too much junk food. They are being obese. Consequently, they feel bad, and they consider that other people don't like theirselves. Briefly, computer overuse leads to the psychological effects on university students.
Özge KARA
Computer Overuse
YanıtlaSilNowadays ,computer overuse affects people not only physically but also psychologically. Especially when we think of university students this is more common problems. Firstly , spending too much time in front of the computer isolates students from social life. For example; if a student does not leave the computer , he or she feels lonely. Therefore;he/she may be depressive. Secondly, students who overuse computer have concentration problems in their education. According to the Harward University researchers, 53 percent of students who are computer addicted have difficulty focusing on their lessons. Finally, students have to use computers to do their assingment or group homeworks. Thus; they become addicted unvoluntarily. To conculude; loneliness,deconcentration and obligatory addiction are main effects of overusing computer on university students.
Helin Dilan Kaya