Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-11-10

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 6.0)

Now a days, many people have different priorities regarding the professional development and educational growth. With this, there is a group of people who believe that highly skilled professionals like doctors and engineers should serve the state that has helped them grow and build the essential skills needed for their profession. Whereas oponents of this idea also exist in the society who believe in freedom of work and life depending on the personal preference. They think that a person should be free to decide where he actually wants to perform his duties. I will be discussing both points before giving my own opinion.

Firstly, some people argue that highly skilled people should not leave their homeland because it is the country that has provided them with education and training. It has taught the basic and advanced skills that have made them what they are today. So, it is their ultimate duty that their skills should only be utilised in their own country.This point of veiw is somehow favourable if they are provided the opportunities to excel in their relative feilds. But this will limit the educational and professional growth of a person. This will reduce the freedom of choice for him and will lead to decline in the performance. For example, if it is a doctor he has worked hard day and night to acheive this position, and at the end he is compelled to work in the conditions where he feel stressed and pressurized he can never perform well.

On the other hand the opinion that a professional should be free to decide where he wants to practise his skills will open new doors for him. If a person wants to work in any other region of the world his decision should be respected. Their he will have the new opportunities to learn what is going on around the globe. He will be able to observe the cultural diversity. Many new skills will be added to his proffesional resume. For instance, if a healthcare proffesional or a engineer from a developing nation decides to work in a developed country he will be able to polish his skill and become a master with the techniques he will learn in a multicultral work environment.

In my opnion both of the statements have their own importance. The first believe snatches the freedom of choice but our own homelands also need us to become develope from a developing state. it is unfair that when we have become expert we leave that place and play role in the development of some other country.But this will only be personal development and he might have a regret in future that he could not serve his own country who has played essential role in educating him. I also agree that it should be a personal decision of a professional where he want to work because it give metal satisfaction as well as other economical and professional benefits.

Looking at the current situation it is preditable that more proffesionals will be leaving the developing countries and turning their face towards developed nations of the world in search of better quality of life.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You discuss both views and give a personal position, so the response addresses the main parts of the task. The first view is supported with the idea that a country has funded professionals’ education, while the second is illustrated through the benefits of working in a developed country, such as learning new techniques. Your opinion is present, but it is not fully consistent: you say both views matter, argue that leaving is unfair, and then support professionals’ freedom to choose. Clarify which principle you ultimately prioritise and explain how you would balance individual choice with a country’s investment in training. Some claims, such as the prediction that more professionals will leave developing countries, would also benefit from evidence or a clearer link to your argument.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for the two views, and a concluding paragraph. Signposting such as “Firstly” and “On the other hand” helps readers follow the discussion, and examples are placed alongside the relevant arguments. However, progression is sometimes weakened by abrupt shifts within paragraphs. In the first body paragraph, the argument moves from a professional’s duty to the limits on personal growth without clearly explaining the relationship. The conclusion also combines several competing points, making your final position difficult to identify. Some linking phrases, including “With this” and “Looking at the current situation,” feel mechanical or do not clearly connect the ideas. Use clearer topic sentences and make each paragraph develop one main line of reasoning.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a range of vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “professional development,” “freedom of choice,” “cultural diversity,” and “multicultural work environment.” These expressions help you discuss education, migration, and career opportunities. However, word choice and collocation are sometimes inaccurate or awkward, as in “serve the state,” “perform his duties,” and “turning their face towards developed nations.” Spelling errors such as “opponents,” “view,” “achieve,” “professional,” and “predictable” also reduce accuracy. Some wording is repetitive, particularly references to “skills” and “professional” growth. Aim for more natural collocations and check spelling carefully; precise phrasing will make your arguments sound more fluent and convincing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including conditional structures such as “if a person wants to work in any other region… his decision should be respected” and a relative clause in “the country that has provided them with education and training.” Meaning is generally understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “where he feel stressed” needs subject–verb agreement, and “where he want to work” has the same issue. Articles and sentence boundaries also need attention: “a engineer” should use the correct article, while “country.This” requires spacing and clearer punctuation. The sentence beginning “For example, if it is a doctor…” is awkwardly constructed and shifts between “a doctor,” “he,” and “they.” Review agreement, articles, pronoun consistency, and punctuation while retaining your attempts at complex sentences.

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