PUC- Institute of Foreign Languages Effective Academic Writing

Instructor: SORN Sienghai

Student’s name:
VONG Sovanraksa
MOM Sina

Opinion Paragraph
Topic 4: Are smartphones harmful or helpful for teenagers?
From my perspective, I think smartphones are harmful to teenagers based on three reasons. The first
reason is that smartphones can lead to addiction for teenagers. They spend too much time on their phones and
may become addicted to social media such as TikTok, Facebook or gaming applications. The second reason
is cyberbullying. Smartphones have inappropriate content, and online predators owing to the fact that social
media platforms and messaging apps may be used as a medium for wrongdoing people to incite bullying or
intimidation over others and teenagers might get exposed to inappropriate content. The last reason is health
problems. Late night chats and playing games on your phone with a bright screen result in problems of eye,
network waves can result in some skin cancers and the problems are eye cancer, sleeplessness that induces
chronic exhaustion during the day and infertility due to Wi-Fi connectivity. In conclusion smartphones are
dangerous for teenagers.

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