Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

Professionals shiould be required to work in the country where they did their training - some people believe this and others belive that they should be free to work in another country if they wish. I think they should be free to work whereever they want.

Professionals such as engineer and doctors learns their academic and training in the curriculam of the country they are in. So they are comfortable with that country system. In this world, every country has their own local language, their own calture, their won different working environment which sometimes does not match with other countries, specially their training methods and academic curricullam though some universities and training centre tries to follow the international way but it is quite not possible becuase local people are comfortable with local language and local methods of working. So, professionals learns and train in the local way and become comfortable in that environment. Because of that they should be in work in that particular country where they are more comfortable. If they stay in their comfortable area they would performe better. and give their best.

But professionals have tendancy to follow challenging path. They wants to solve complex problem which leds them to choose the hard path than comfortable path. If professional work in different country they trained, they would face difficulties at first but it will help them to grow. When people goes to a place where they are not comfortable, they first struggle then they evolve and adapt the situations thus increases their adapting skills. Sometimes in different country they need to learn different language thus improves their lamguage skills also. In different country, they meet new people and they learn new thing. Sometime they face different problem and they learn to solve them.

Many great engineer and doctors had persuit their working life in foreign country because they though in different environment, they wouldlearn new things and that wouldhelp them to grow. And i think it is right thjatvin different environment , professionals eveolve and learns new skills which excite them and helps them to grow. So i think professional should be free to work in another country if they wish.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You give a clear opinion in the introduction and conclusion: professionals “should be free to work whereever they want.” You also discuss both views, explaining that training in a familiar system may help professionals perform well, while working abroad can build adaptability and language skills. However, the first view is developed more as a general claim about comfort than as a reason they should be required to remain; the distinction between being familiar with a system and having an obligation to serve that country needs explaining. The examples about “many great engineer and doctors” are vague and unsupported. Develop each side with a specific reason or example, and make your comparison and final position more fully reasoned.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, a paragraph about working in the training country, a contrasting paragraph about working abroad, and a conclusion. The contrast signalled by “But” helps readers follow the shift in viewpoint. However, progression within paragraphs is often repetitive: the first body paragraph repeatedly returns to comfort and local systems, while the second lists benefits without clearly grouping or prioritising them. Linking phrases such as “In this world,” “Because of that,” and “Sometimes” are used mechanically, and some references are unclear. For example, “they” in “they should be in work” is awkwardly connected to the preceding ideas. Organise each paragraph around one main claim, then explain and illustrate it with clearer links.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “working environment,” “challenging path,” “adapt,” and “language skills,” so the main ideas are generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several expressions are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “learns their academic,” “in work,” and “follow the international way.” Repetition of “comfortable,” “different country,” and “learn new things” also limits precision. Spelling errors—including “curriculam,” “calture,” “becuase,” and “evolve”—are noticeable and sometimes make reading less smooth. Aim for more precise collocations and check spelling carefully; using a wider range of accurate terms would help express the contrast between local familiarity and international professional development.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including a conditional structure in “If they stay in their comfortable area they would performe better” and a sequence of effects in the paragraph about adapting abroad. However, complex sentences are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some passages difficult to follow. Examples include subject–verb agreement in “Professionals … learns” and “They wants,” the incorrect construction “they should be in work,” and the run-on sequence “they first struggle then they evolve and adapt the situations thus increases.” Articles, plurals, and punctuation also need attention. Practise building accurate sentences with one main clause and a clearly connected subordinate clause, and check agreement and sentence boundaries during editing.

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