Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-09-27
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 4.5)
A huge number of students choose to study english independently as a self-basis to not attend a formal course.However, without the help of teacher,some student often find it difficult to manage their study and time.Overall, it a difference between self larning or assistance of a teacher which one is most difficult according to my knowledge.
In Body 1, A huge number of student decide to study alone according to my knowledge when you have a mind to manage a study without a teacher you will study alone you have a online course on youtube where you learn about everything.For example, some people love you learn or study alone at home some people do beeter work at home because some students think we are extrovert and we learn and think alone.
In Body 2, on the other side of a students some student thinks we don't study without the assistance of a teacher and at some point they are right they don't have enough knowledge to study alone because these students are nill students according to my knowlege some students needs teacher to study and some students are extra ordinary students and i'm not agree with there student.
In conclusion,their are many varities of students some students are extra ordinary and some are nill student.It totally depends on the atmosphere of home and parents to check and balance on it and when the teacher is good at their work the students learn from teacher and when the teacher is not teaching so well the student don't trust on it and it will study alone.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response addresses the prompt by discussing whether studying independently is difficult without a teacher, but the development of ideas is limited and disjointed. The writer attempts to present a position, stating 'i'm not agree with there student' in the second body paragraph, but the stance remains confusing and poorly articulated due to unclear arguments. For instance, referring to students as 'nill students' or 'extra ordinary students' does not adequately explore the nuances of self-study versus formal instruction. The ideas are repetitive and lack sufficient extension or relevant supporting examples, aligning the response with Band 4.5 to 5.0 descriptors, resulting in a Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0
The overall organisation of the essay is heavily flawed. Although the writer attempts standard paragraphing by explicitly writing 'In Body 1' and 'In Body 2', the internal progression of ideas within these paragraphs is lacking. Sentences are strung together with weak or missing cohesive links, resulting in run-on structures such as 'when you have a mind to manage a study without a teacher you will study alone you have a online course on youtube'. Paragraphing is used mechanically rather than functionally, and referencing is frequently unclear. Overall, the structure reflects the characteristics of Band 4.0 descriptors.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.0
The vocabulary used is basic, repetitive, and heavily restricted. The writer relies on simple phrases like 'a huge number of students', 'study alone', and 'formal course'. There are frequent inappropriate word choices and collocations, such as 'self-basis', 'nill students', and 'extra ordinary students'. Spelling and word-form errors are common, including 'english', 'larning', 'beeter', and 'extrovert' used incorrectly as an adjective. These lexical inadequacies and frequent errors constrain the precision of communication, placing the response firmly at Band 4.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0
The grammatical range is extremely limited, consisting almost entirely of simple sentences or poorly constructed compound sentences joined improperly by commas or run-on phrasing, such as 'when the teacher is not teaching so well the student don't trust on it and it will study alone.' There is a persistent lack of control over basic grammatical structures, subject-verb agreement errors ('some student thinks'), incorrect prepositions ('trust on it'), and frequent punctuation failures. Complex structures are attempted unsuccessfully. This level of accuracy and range corresponds to a Band 4.0.
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