Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-14
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)
In this fast pace, most students are learning english without an assistor and trying by their own to learn English. Some of the people are often arguing that student cannot learn without a tutor. I firmly believe that, the students should learn under the educator as the teacher could assit, them properly and the student may overcome the problems.
Firstly, the teacher is the one who teachs a students about academic and decipline.Futhermore, the assistor may provide better and correct information than an Artificial Intelligience. For instant, my cousin tried to study English by his own and he overcame many hurdles and then he had taken the number from me of an assistor of the English language. However, the students need an assistor while studying.
Secondly, some students try to study by their own and fail to do so.Nowadays, their are many social platforms where the students can learn the languages for free.To cite an example, my aunt was finding too difficult to learn English by her own and she was not ready to spend money on offline tutor so then I shared, with her the app where she can learn English for free of cost.Consequently, there are many website to learn a language for students.
In counclusion, many student want to study by their own but it is impossible to study without any access of the teacher. I completely agree that teacher is the one who can make us understand about importance of any language either it is english or any other language.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response addresses the prompt by expressing a clear position of complete agreement with the statement regarding the necessity of a teacher for independent English learners. The writer attempts to support this viewpoint with reasons and examples, such as mentioning the role of educators in teaching academic discipline and comparing human teachers to artificial intelligence or free language apps. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited and repetitive. For instance, the examples regarding the cousin and the aunt lack deep elaboration and mainly restate that learners face hurdles and need guidance. While all parts of the prompt are addressed, the ideas remain underdeveloped, pushing the response into the Band 5 category where arguments are outlined but lack sufficient extension and support.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The essay displays a basic overall organisation with clear paragraph breaks separating the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. Transitional markers such as 'Firstly', 'Futhermore', 'However', 'Secondly', and 'In counclusion' are utilised to signal progression. Nevertheless, cohesion is often mechanical and sometimes awkward. For example, the transition from discussing free social platforms to the aunt's experience feels abrupt, and referencing is occasionally unclear, such as the sudden mention of an 'assistor of the English language'. Furthermore, paragraphing is applied, but the internal logical flow within paragraphs is frequently disrupted by repetition and abrupt shifts in thought. This pattern aligns best with the characteristics of Band 5, where organisation is present but overall progression lacks smooth cohesion.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is generally basic and repetitive, with frequent reliance on simple terms like 'study', 'learn', 'teacher', and 'assistor'. There are noticeable spelling errors throughout the text, including 'english' (lowercase), 'assistor', 'teachs', 'decipline', 'Futhermore', 'Artificial Intelligience', 'instant' (intended as instance), and 'counclusion'. Word choice is also occasionally unnatural, such as 'taken the number from me of an assistor'. While the range is minimally adequate to convey the basic message, these frequent lexical inaccuracies and spelling mistakes cause some difficulty for the reader and restrict the score to Band 5.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but control over grammar and punctuation is weak. Frequent errors are present, including subject-verb agreement issues ('the teacher is the one who teachs a students', 'student cannot learn'), article misuse ('an assistor', 'the teacher is the one who can make us understand about importance'), preposition errors ('study by their own' instead of 'on their own'), and awkward comma placement ('I firmly believe that, the students should'). Although the meaning can generally be deciphered, the high frequency of grammatical errors and faulty complex structures causes persistent difficulty for the reader, fitting the Band 5 descriptors.
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