Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-14

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Many aspects of the way people dress today are influenced by global fashion trends.

How has global fashion become such a strong influence on people's lives? Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Global fashion trend has a significant part of the way people wear around the world. Moreover, this influence and grown through the social media, international brands increased use of internet. From my perspective this is a positive development, although it can have some disadvantages.

One major reason, global fashion has influenced and rapid growth of social media platforms such as, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube they encourage to see the international products. In addition, celebrities and influencers are doing advertisements of products. International fashion brands are available in many countries through shopping malls and online stores. As a result, people can easily purchase that are popular in other part of country.

I believe this is a positive development because if the residents are in living in Pakistan and they can follow new trends from all over world like, Korean, American and European trend choose style suits on their preference. In contrast, global fashion encourages creativity and cultural exchange as per familiar with new clothing styles from various societies.

However, there are the negative effects following fashion, trends became expensive, particularly when people became pressure to purchase new clothes. Moreover, some individuals are concerned and followed the celebrities and compared with themselves. They can lead to unnecessary and dissatisfaction.

In conclusion, global fashion trend influenced and rapid growth of social media, the internet and international brands. Despite some disadvantages. I believe this is the positive development because it provides greater freedom of choices, encourages individuals' creativity and concept people with different cultures.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The student addresses all parts of the task, examining both the causes of global fashion influence and providing an opinion on whether it is a positive or negative development. A clear position is maintained throughout the essay. However, some ideas are under-developed or expressed rather simply. For instance, the discussion on why global fashion has grown mentions social media and celebrities, but the explanation remains somewhat repetitive and lacks deeper extension. Similarly, the positive and negative aspects are introduced but lack fully elaborated supporting examples. This places the response comfortably at Band 6, as it addresses the prompt adequately but needs more fully developed ideas and specific examples to reach a higher band.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The essay displays a coherent overall arrangement with a clear introduction and conclusion, and the response is divided into logical paragraphs. Cohesive devices are used, such as 'Moreover', 'In addition', and 'In contrast', but their usage is sometimes mechanical or imprecise, as seen in phrases like 'In conclusion, global fashion trend influenced and rapid growth of social media...' where linking and clause structure break down slightly. Paragraphing is present, though the internal flow within paragraphs can feel disjointed due to awkward transitions and grammatical slips. Referencing is generally clear, but overall cohesion suffers from repetitive structures and minor connective errors, aligning well with the Band 6 descriptor.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully using topic-related terms such as 'social media platforms', 'international fashion brands', 'cultural exchange', and 'shopping malls'. However, there are noticeable lexical and word-choice errors throughout the text, such as writing 'the way people wear' instead of 'what people wear', 'grown through' instead of 'grown through the help of', and 'concept people with different cultures' instead of 'connects people with different cultures'. Attempts to use less common vocabulary sometimes lead to awkward phrasing or inaccuracies in collocation. Because the vocabulary is sufficient to communicate the main ideas despite these errors, a Band 6 is appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The response exhibits a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, attempting relative clauses and conditional structures (e.g., 'if the residents are in living in Pakistan and they can follow new trends...'). However, there are frequent grammatical errors, particularly regarding verb forms, prepositions, and sentence fragments (e.g., 'trends became expensive, particularly when people became pressure to purchase new clothes'). Many sentences contain structural inaccuracies that hinder fluent reading, although meaning is rarely completely obscured. Because there is a mix of simple and complex forms alongside persistent errors that occasionally impede smooth communication, the response fits the Band 5 criteria for grammar.

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