Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-16

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 5.5)

It is true that the way many people dress today has been influenced by global fashion trends. Social media content is the strongest source that encourages people to follow global trends. I think this is a positive development, because people are getting familiar with international standard fashions and it is elevating their dressing sense.

Social media contents are now in every one's reach. People consume these contents on accessible digital devices such as smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Because these devices provide easy access to worlwide contents, people are geeting used to it. By consuming digital contents daily, people are normalizing the trends among them even though it is not common in their country. In addition, whenever there is a new trend, content creators across the world create same trendy video to get more views, which consumers watch multiple times. The act of watching same trend multiple times in a day heavily influence them. Same goes for fashion trend too.

I believe that following global fashion trend is a positive development because people can adapt with latest styles and familiarize themselves. They can experience different dressing styles, which make them open-minded to other cultures. Moreover, they can impliment the style and theme to their own countries fashion, which will revolutionize clothing industry.

In conclusion, although people are consuming social media trends virtually, it encourages them to try it in real life. Eventually, it will influence them to get familized with new clothing styles and they can invent something unique of their own.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response addresses both parts of the prompt: how global fashion has become influential (via social media) and whether this is a positive or negative development (positive, due to cultural familiarity and innovation). The position is clear throughout the essay. However, the development of ideas remains somewhat superficial. For example, while the student mentions that people can implement styles into their own countries' fashion, this point is not fully extended with specific examples. The ideas are relevant and cover all parts of the prompt, aligning best with the Band 6 descriptor, where ideas are present and address the task, but some parts are under-developed.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The essay is divided into logical paragraphs, including an introduction, two body paragraphs focusing on causes and opinions respectively, and a conclusion. Cohesive devices are used to link ideas, such as 'In addition', 'Moreover', and 'In conclusion'. However, referencing and transitions are at times mechanical or repetitive, as seen in the frequent reuse of words like 'people' and 'contents'. Paragraphing is used sufficiently and appropriately, but the overall progression could be smoother. This level of organization and occasional awkward referencing fits the Band 6 criteria.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully attempting less common items such as 'content creators', 'open-minded', and 'revolutionize'. However, there are noticeable word choice and collocation inaccuracies, such as 'social media contents' (content is generally uncountable here), 'worldwide contents', and 'dressing sense' (better phrased as 'sense of dress' or 'clothing style'). Spelling errors are also present, such as 'geeting' instead of 'getting', 'worlwide', 'impliment', and 'familized'. These errors do not impede communication, placing the vocabulary performance solidly at Band 6.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The writer employs a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'Because these devices provide easy access to worlwide contents, people are geeting used to it.' There are several grammatical errors scattered throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('create same trendy video', 'trend... heavily influence them') and incorrect prepositional usage ('adapt with' instead of 'adapt to'). Punctuation is generally acceptable, and while the errors are frequent, they rarely impede the overall flow of communication. This performance aligns with the Band 6 descriptors.

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