Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Barron's Writing · 2026-09-18

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people believe that children learn better when they are placed in classes with children of similar academic abilities. Others believe that children learn better when they are in classes with children representing a diverse range of academic abilities.

Discuss both these views and give your opinion

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

Student answer (Band 5.0)

Every individual has a belief that the kids will ger good amont of knowledge if they are acoomandated with the kids who replicate the same educational skills while some people had a different perpective about this that the students can get more educated if they are placed in group where they have tremendous amount of educational skills. Here in this essay I am going to elaborate bothe views. Perhaps, I believe students educated themselves much more when they are grouped with the classmates who holds varieties of academic skills.

To start with, each person who belives that students learn good if they are in the same class which consists few very well outcomes nonthless, it has major drawbacks too. For exmaple, A peer group with the same capibility shares same ideas on the particular topic which might be easy for each of them to understand more conviently rathar than doubting. Secondly classmates can have helping hands to each other including but not limited that each individual can compete with their respactive fellowmates and know their level of success.

In contrast, i am fond of idea with accomadating students with numerous backgrounds of peers has a significant benefits. Firstly they will educate themsleves with varieties of skills which they might not poses,for instant , a gruop of students has a good command at maths while others are at science which resluts classmates can lookafter eachother if someone is sturggling. Secondly the kids who has very strong hand on different curriculum activities will be the inspiration for others in the race of building strong communication skills which may impact on their social growth too, Accoriding to servey in The Times servey Students with the numerous backgrounds and knowledge has joyfull impact on their classmates.

To conclude this, while I agree both the opinons has their own outcomes but I am a strong beliver of the idea when young kids can be taught well with the different academic skills classmates.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response addresses both parts of the prompt regarding ability grouping and mixed-ability classes, and the student's personal opinion is stated. However, the development of ideas is limited and at times repetitive. For instance, the discussion on same-ability classes points out that peers share ideas easily, but this point remains somewhat under-developed. Similarly, the arguments for mixed-ability classes touch on mutual support and communication skills, but lack deeper elaboration or concrete, well-explained personal examples. The position is clear throughout, but the depth of support places this response securely at Band 5.5, moving towards Band 6 as all parts of the task are at least touched upon.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay is divided into paragraphs, which helps structure the overall response. However, logical progression is hindered by frequent structural issues and unnatural transitions such as 'Here in this essay I am going to elaborate bothe views' and 'To start with'. Cohesive devices are often used inaccurately or mechanically, and referencing is occasionally unclear (e.g., 'each person who belives that students learn good...'). Paragraphing is attempted, but internal cohesion within paragraphs lacks smooth flow. Overall, the organizational framework aligns most closely with the Band 5 descriptors, as there is some overall structure, but logical progression is noticeably disrupted by phrasing and cohesion problems.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.5

The vocabulary used is limited and contains numerous spelling and word-choice errors that occasionally impede communication. Examples include 'acoomandated', 'perpective', 'bothe', 'nonthless', 'For exmaple', 'capibility', 'conviently', 'rathart', 'respactive', 'accomadating', 'poses', 'for instant', 'gruop', 'sturggling', 'Accoriding', 'servey', and 'joyfull'. While the student attempts less common vocabulary such as 'tremendous amount' and 'communication skills', the high frequency of inaccurate spellings and awkward collocations keeps the lexical range constrained. This performance fits the Band 4.5 to 5.0 range, where errors are noticeable and cause some difficulty for the reader.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but grammatical accuracy is very low throughout the text. There are persistent errors in subject-verb agreement, article usage, tense consistency, and punctuation. Examples include 'Every individual has a belief that the kids will ger good amont of knowledge', 'students can get more educated if they are placed in group', 'the kids who has very strong hand', and 'while I agree both the opinons has their own outcomes'. Complex sentences frequently contain errors that cause difficulty for the reader. The frequency and density of grammatical errors place this response at Band 4.5, reflecting a very limited range of accurate structures.

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