Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-11-09

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people believe that professionals, such as doctors and engineers, should be required to work in the country where they did their training. Others believe they should be free to work in another country if they wish.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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

Student answer (Band 5.5)

There are two different point of view about professionals' working area. Some people think that professionals have to work in the same country as their training had done. On the other hand, some others believe that they have full right to choose where they want to work.

In my prespective, where do professionals want to live, it has to be depend on their own choice. Professionals don't have to live in the country where they don't want to live. It is because, not only professionals but everyone have freedom to choose where they live. However, work in the country where professionals did their training has some advantages too. For instance, they must have gained datas about the area where they did training.They can use these informations to solve promlems or develop something new.

In one hand, forcing them to live in a country just because of their work , it violates human rights. Everyone have rights to choose where they live or what they want to do. It is totally fine if they agree with that, but forcing them is not right thing to do. There's no evidence that they make higher achievements if they work in the country where they trained.

On the other hand, we can't deny it has also advantages. For example, it would be helpful if they work same country where they trained. It is because they already have knowledge which can be used as solving promlems or improving their abilities. Another example, doctors may have noticed what was the most common illness in winter while they were training in the hospital. Therefore, when they actually work there, they can use this data. So they can help people to prrevent that illness before winter comes.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both views and make your own position clear: you argue that professionals should choose where to live and work, while acknowledging that training in a country gives them useful local knowledge. The examples about doctors recognising common winter illnesses and using that knowledge to help prevent them are relevant. However, the case for requiring professionals to remain is less fully explained than your argument for freedom, and the claim that this would violate human rights is asserted rather than supported. The discussion would be stronger if you explained why a country might reasonably expect trained professionals to stay—for example, because public funds supported their education—and then weighed that against individual choice. Your position is clear, but some ideas need fuller development.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an overall structure, moving from an introduction to your opinion and then to arguments on both sides. Paragraphing helps readers identify the main stages, and expressions such as “On the other hand” and “For example” signal relationships between ideas. However, progression is not always smooth: the second paragraph already discusses advantages of staying, before the later paragraph returns to that view. “In one hand” is also an inaccurate transition, and repeated use of “On the other hand” makes the links feel mechanical. Some references, such as “this data,” are not fully clear. Group each viewpoint into a distinct paragraph, then use a concluding paragraph to restate your judgement; vary linking expressions and make references explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main ideas, including “professionals,” “training,” “human rights,” “common illness,” and “achievements.” The examples also show an attempt to express specific concepts rather than relying entirely on very general language. However, noticeable spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision: “prespective,” “datas,” “informations,” “promlems,” and “prrevent” are incorrect, while “working area” and “gained datas about the area” are unnatural in this context. Some phrases are also repeated, particularly “where they trained” and “work in the country.” Build accuracy with common academic collocations and check spelling carefully. More precise wording would make your ideas clearer and help you express the debate with greater flexibility.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex structures, including the contrast in “It is totally fine if they agree with that, but forcing them is not right thing to do” and the result clause beginning “Therefore.” These attempts help you explain reasons and consequences. Some grammatical errors remain, though the main meaning is generally understandable. For example, “professionals have to work in the same country as their training had done” has an incorrect clause structure, and “it has to be depend” uses an incorrect verb form. There are also agreement and article errors in “everyone have freedom” and “not right thing to do.” Practise accurate subject–verb agreement, articles, and verb patterns, and revise sentences so each clause has a clear grammatical structure.

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