Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · 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 4.0)

Some individual feel that childern gain knowledge well when they are placed in classes with childern of same education field. Other says that students learn when they are in classes with childern representing a different course of education we discuss with both opinion with ourself opinion.

If we think about the education of our our education framework which is extermly diverse and off comming genaration is having no ability to afford this course.

When students compelet verses course in 12 year after the completed that they are comfused to what I chosse for my brigth feature some people wast much time when they select their feild my from my presefective the right way for our education frame work is that. that students jion similar which they love.

however, the representing a varse level os academic abilities are very benificial for students. If they study in different fields of education they can easily chose a right way for their feature.futhermore Teenager are immuture some time they cannot decide their good feature owing to these reason childern need to different path of education.

Overall, Our education system will be develop when there have been oppertunity to jion the similar corse in which students are interest otherhand if the education system not develop it willbe

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response fails to meet the minimum word count requirement of 250 words, as it contains only 212 words, which directly impacts the completeness of task fulfillment. While the student attempts to discuss both views (classes with similar academic abilities versus diverse academic abilities) and offers an opinion, the ideas are underdeveloped and confused due to significant language barriers. The prompt asks about grouping by academic ability, but the student misinterprets this as studying different subject fields or career paths. Consequently, the position is not consistently clear throughout the essay, and the arguments lack sufficient elaboration and relevant examples, leading to a band score of 4.0 under the official descriptors.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The essay lacks a clear logical organisation and progression. The paragraphing is irregular, and sentence boundaries are obscured by poor punctuation and missing connectors. Although transitional words like 'however' and 'overall' are attempted, they are used incorrectly or mechanically. Referencing is frequently unclear, such as the ambiguous pronoun usage in sentences like 'we discuss with both opinion with ourself opinion.' There is no clear overall progression of ideas, resulting in a confusing structure that makes the text difficult to follow, which corresponds to a band score of 4.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic, repetitive, and plagued by severe spelling errors and incorrect word forms (e.g., 'childern', 'compelet', 'feild', 'immuture', 'oppertunity'). The student attempts to use less common items such as 'diverse', 'beneficial', and 'perspective', but these are consistently misspelled or misused in context. Word choice is frequently inaccurate, which constantly strains the reader's understanding and severely impedes communication, fitting the band 4 descriptor for lexical resource.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The grammatical range is extremely limited, consisting mostly of simple and heavily flawed complex sentence attempts. There is a persistent lack of control over basic grammar, including subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'Some individual feel', 'childern gain'), tense consistency, and word order. Punctuation is largely absent or misused, leading to run-on sentences and fragments. Errors are so frequent that they constantly distort meaning and cause significant difficulty for the reader, matching the band 4 descriptor.

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