Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-11-03

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In some educational systems, children are required to study one or more foreign languages. In others, foreign language study is not a requirement. What are the potential benefits of foreign language study? 

Do you think foreign language study is an important part of education?

Give reasons for your answer, and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

Study foreign language is indispensable for students but this is not required in other countries. it is beneficial for students and i will discuss this in further paraghaphs and this is important.

There are alot of benefits for student to study foreign language with their study. Firsty, it increase confidence. to explain it, when student visit other country they can speak and understand their language easly then they get more familer with their culture and this will increase their confidence. Second advantage of this is gain knowledge. if someone foreign languages then they can read their historical books then they can get more knowledge.

In education system, native language play an important role because it increase job opporunities. when children is in early age that time they have more caching power then others. so, they can learn other language easly. Nowadays, their is alot of compition in job sector but if someone is multi-language person that people can get job easily while others will face alot of problems in getting job that time as well as in this ear, mostly companies work with foreign countries or do import and export bussiness. this is reason why learning other languages is important.

In conclusion, in educational system, students has alot of advantages of study native languages such as increase knowledge and gain confidence as well as it plays an important role in everyones daily life.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both parts of the prompt: you identify benefits, including confidence and knowledge, and state that language learning is important. The examples about communicating while travelling, reading historical books and improving job prospects are relevant. However, these points are brief and often asserted rather than explained; for instance, the link between reading historical books and gaining knowledge could be made more specific. Your position is present, but the opening and conclusion repeat general claims instead of developing a clear, supported argument. The response also falls short of the required minimum length, which limits the space available to explain your ideas. Develop each benefit with a fuller example and explain why it makes language study valuable in education.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. Sequencing phrases such as “Firsty,” “Second advantage” and “In conclusion” help signal the stages of your answer. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear, and several ideas are joined mechanically with “and,” “then” or “so.” The paragraph beginning “In education system” shifts from early learning ability to employment and international business without clearly showing how each point connects. Some references are also vague, such as “this reason” and “that time.” Use clearer topic sentences, organise related points together, and make links between claims explicit rather than relying on repeated connectors.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use a small range of relevant vocabulary, including “confidence,” “culture,” “historical books,” “job opportunities” and “import and export business.” These choices make your main ideas understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or forms are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “study native languages” when discussing foreign-language learning, “multi-language person,” and “caching power.” Spelling errors, including “paraghaphs,” “easly” and “compition,” are noticeable and sometimes make the reader pause. Build a more precise vocabulary for education, communication and employment, and check spelling and collocations. For example, “multilingual candidate” is more natural than “multi-language person.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences with clauses, for example, “when student visit other country they can speak and understand their language.” However, the range is limited, and complex sentences are often faulty. Errors in subject–verb agreement and verb forms occur throughout: “it increase,” “native language play,” and “students has.” Articles and plurals are also frequently missing or incorrect, as in “when student visit other country.” Sentence boundaries and capitalisation need attention, particularly where a new sentence begins with lowercase “it,” “to” or “if.” These recurring errors can make parts of the response difficult to follow. Practise accurate basic sentence patterns first, then add subordinate clauses and check agreement, articles and punctuation.

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