Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

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IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In many parts of the world girls and boys are educated together in co-educational or mixed schools. Some people think that girls and boys benefit from being educated separately in single-sex schools. To what extent do you agree with this view?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience. Write at least 250 words.

Student answer (Band 6.0)

In many countries, males and femals go to mixed schools. However, some individuals believe that single-sex schools can be beneficial to them. I partly agree with this view because I think that althought such environment can help students to academically perform well, it can also lead to future social issues for the students.

In several parts of the universe, where boys and girls are educated in co-educational schools, this is done for a number of reasons. One of the most prominnent ones is to improve their academic performace. That is to say, at a certain age, especially among teenagers, students are so curious to know about the other gender and may be distracted in class for this reason. This phase can lead to them being not engagaed or focused at school trying to speak to their friends secretly. For example, teachers noticed that teenagers who recieve education at a mixed class are usually distracted and barely engaged during the academic year.

However, separating males from females in schools may also lead to a future problems in their social life. Students who are not used to interact with their peers of the opposite gender are unlikely to be able to get along with them in their social or professional lives as grown ups. By letting them study in single-sex schools, we are weakening their interpersonal skills that will greatly affect them when they grow up. for instance, in Egypt, a lot of the marital problems and divorce cases are mainly emerged from males not being able to understand women's needs or their different way of thinking because of the traditions of going to single-sex educational institutions.

In conclusion, I believe that co-educatioal schools can have negative effects on the students' ability to concentrate in their study, consequently affect their academic performance. However, it can be beneficial to improve their social skills as adults.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear: you partly agree, recognising that single-sex education may support academic focus but may weaken students’ later social skills. Both sides are addressed, and the examples about classroom distraction and relationships in Egypt are relevant to the discussion. This fits the criterion because the response answers the question and presents relevant ideas, although some are less fully developed than others. In particular, the claim that mixed-class students are “usually distracted” is broad and would be more convincing with a specific or qualified example. The link between single-sex schooling and marital problems is also asserted rather than demonstrated. Explain the mechanisms and acknowledge that outcomes can vary to make your support more persuasive.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction states your position, two body paragraphs present contrasting considerations, and a conclusion returns to the main point. Connectors such as “However,” “For example,” and “In conclusion” help readers follow the argument. At times, though, cohesion is mechanical or the relationship between ideas is not fully clear. The first body paragraph begins, “In several parts of the universe,” but then discusses reasons for co-education, which does not clearly introduce the point about academic focus in single-sex settings. The conclusion also says co-educational schools can have negative effects and then that “it” can improve social skills, leaving the reference unclear. Use more precise topic sentences and make pronoun references explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main argument, including “co-educational schools,” “academic performance,” “interpersonal skills,” and “professional lives.” There are also attempts at more specific phrasing, such as “opposite gender” and “marital problems.” However, spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable and sometimes make the expression less natural: “femals,” “prominment,” “performace,” and “engagaed” are examples. Some collocations are also awkward, including “a future problems,” “being not engaged,” and “marital problems … are mainly emerged.” These issues do not prevent understanding, but they limit precision and control. Check spelling carefully and learn common word partnerships, such as “become distracted” and “contribute to marital problems.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including a reason clause (“because I think…”) and a relative clause (“Students who are not used to interact…”). Most of the argument remains understandable, but some grammatical errors occur in sentence construction, agreement, articles, and verb forms. For example, “a future problems” has an article–plural mismatch, while “are mainly emerged” uses an incorrect passive construction. In “trying to speak to their friends secretly,” the participle’s connection to the preceding clause is unclear. The conclusion’s “consequently affect” also needs a clearer grammatical link to the preceding clause. Review these patterns and punctuate sentence openings consistently; this will make your varied structures more controlled.

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