Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-11-06

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

A huge number of students choose to study English independently on a self- study basis rather than attend a formal course. However, without the assistance of a teacher, students often find it difficult to manage their studies.

To what extent do you agree or disagree ?

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

Student answer (Band 5.0)

It is true that a large number of students avoiding formal courses and started to studying on self-study basis english independently. While some time students find it hard to manage their studies without assiatance of a teacher. Though havig a personal assiatance teacher is little bit costly, i completly agree with this statement.

There are number benifit of having personal assistance teacher.To start with management of daily studying, some students always confused about how to manage there daily rotuin . As there ar number of subject it is little bit cofusing for students to mantain and where to start and which subject need to studie all those thing done by personal teacher. Moreover teacher can guided there students if they need any help in studies,beside students can clear there conused in some aspect that they were stucking.

In addition,if a student have a teacher where he can clear his thought thats how they gonna be more and more advance than a student who doing self-studying.And added that teacher can aslo find where are u stucking they gonna point out this and suggest you to slove it.

Without assistance of a teacher it is hard to manage a common students to mantain there studies.Moreover students some time got confuse about that and they can not study that why some students who start self-study they gave up at the they can not study propuarly.

In concusilon, considering these thing and i would like to say that self study it a best decesion but everybody cannot mange those thing that why i think it is essential for a students ot take personal assistance teacher for there study.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

Your position is stated clearly: you “completly agree” that students can struggle without a teacher, and the response stays focused on study management and support. You give relevant reasons, including help with planning subjects, answering questions, and identifying difficulties. However, these points are mostly asserted rather than explained with specific examples or consequences, so the argument remains limited and under-developed. The conclusion also introduces a mixed message by calling self-study “a best decesion” before recommending personal assistance, leaving your precise view less clear than it could be. Develop two main reasons in more depth and make your position consistent from the introduction through the conclusion.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an identifiable structure, with an introduction, supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion. Linking expressions such as “To start with,” “Moreover,” and “In addition” show an effort to connect ideas. However, progression is not always clear: the second and third body paragraphs repeat the point that teachers help students manage or resolve difficulties, rather than building distinct stages of an argument. Some connections are also awkward or unclear, particularly “And added that teacher can aslo find where are u stucking.” Use each paragraph for one clearly defined reason, then explain it with an example. More precise referencing and fewer repeated transitions would make the argument easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “formal courses,” “self-study,” “manage their studies,” and “assistance of a teacher.” However, the range is limited and several words or phrases are repeated, especially “teacher,” “students,” and “manage.” Frequent spelling errors, such as “assiatance,” “benifit,” and “concusilon,” and inaccurate word choices such as “clear their confused” make parts of the message difficult to understand. Some expressions are also unnatural, for example “personal assistance teacher” and “more and more advance.” Build a wider set of accurate phrases for planning, guidance, and progress, and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast introduced by “While” and a reason introduced by “As.” However, complex structures are often faulty, and frequent errors in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction sometimes make meaning difficult to follow. For example, “students avoiding formal courses and started to studying” combines incompatible verb forms, while “if a student have a teacher” has incorrect subject–verb agreement. Several sentences also lack clear grammatical connections, such as “And added that teacher can aslo find…” Capitalisation and punctuation are inconsistent. Practise forming accurate basic sentences first, then combine them using one clear subordinate clause at a time.

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