Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-16

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

The ease of international travel and the spread of various kinds of mass media all over the world have made it more possible than ever for people to know how other people live in other countries.

Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence. Write at least 250 words.

Student answer (Band 5.5)

It is often argued that accessible international travelling and emerging mass media sources are make possible for people to explore more about culture and living standard of other people at the world level. Others contend that this ease can cause many disadvantages related to social instabilities and to the growth of people. I agree with the perspective that growing technonology of media and feasible international travelling are the two main reasons of progress of the country. People can get more ways to learn about history and culture of other countries.

Although this modern technology is able to produce a plenty of changes in the life of the general public, it is also the reason of many detrimental effects on the common people of a country. By exploring the fashion and culture of the people of other countries, public want to copy them in all senses without knowing their culture and their norms that can disturb the moral values of a society. In contrast, the advancement of mass media also produce positive effects related to more advance strategies of living a contend life by knowing how people managed and earned their expenses in other countries. For example, many young learners in Pakistan by searching on media and by contacting with other countries population are making possible livlihood source as well as higher education accessible.

Moreover, new means of travelling make it possible for the tourists to go different countries, this tourism helps the public in many ways such as they can get knowledge about the history and culture of the other countries. People can changed their life styles by inspiring other cultures. Many positive chnages in the public in sense of living a standard life, earn with more possible ways and to live independent life ,these inhabitants prove a positive addition to the societies .

In conclusion, i beleive that modern technology with the growing international travelling and media make easy for people to know about other people at the global level. This approach has both advantages and disadvantages but the positive effects outweigh the negative outcomes and make people more advance and progressive.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The student addresses all parts of the task by discussing both the advantages and disadvantages of international travel and mass media, and clearly states a position that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Ideas are extended with some relevant examples, such as young learners in Pakistan using media to access higher education and livelihood sources. However, some arguments tend to be a bit repetitive or generalised, such as the discussion on moral values and lifestyle changes. The development is sufficient for a Band 6.0, as all parts of the prompt are addressed with relevant, though sometimes under-developed, ideas.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate different points, such as the negative effects in the second paragraph and the positive effects in the third. However, cohesion is at times faulty and mechanical. Phrases like 'Although this modern technology is able to produce a plenty of changes' and 'In contrast' are used rather awkwardly to link contrasting ideas, and referencing is occasionally unclear. Furthermore, transitional devices within paragraphs could be managed more flexibly to ensure a smoother logical progression.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting less common items such as 'social instabilities', 'detrimental effects', and 'inhabitants'. However, there are numerous lexical and collocational errors throughout the text, such as 'accessible international travelling' instead of 'travel', 'living standard' instead of 'standards of living', 'contend life' instead of 'content life', and 'livlihood source' instead of 'livelihood sources'. These errors do not seriously impede communication, but they restrict the score to Band 5.5, as word choice is frequently imprecise or unidiomatic.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some ambition in sentence structures (e.g., 'By exploring the fashion and culture of the people of other countries, public want to copy them...'). However, the response is marred by frequent grammatical errors, particularly regarding verb forms, subject-verb agreement, and articles (e.g., 'are make possible', 'growing technonology', 'public want', 'People can changed'). Complex structures frequently contain errors, and punctuation in longer sentences is occasionally weak. The frequency of grammatical inaccuracies places this firmly in the Band 5.0 range.

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