Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-11-11

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)

It is argued by some individuals that the doctors and engineers must require to provide service in the region where they are trained, while other think that it should be their choice to work where they want. It is their responsibilty to pay for their people and land where they did training because the government has spent and provided the facilities. While, some doctors and engineers studied abroad just look after or provide service their own homeland, but i believe they must be free because it is the fundamental right of everyone to go where they want live and serve.

It is their duty to pay for what they did because government spent and provide an oppurtunity to do their train and learn, so its their turn to payback. Such as, all the funding that is used by the govenment belong to the public and if it is utilized on you, it means that you used general public taxes. For instance, the doctors and engineers can provide free lectures and training to the students. As a result, more professionals will become in that country.

In contrast, some students visit abroad to learn and do their training because of the lack of training centre in their motherlands, therefore they visit other country to learn and grow and then they come back to spread that knowledge. For example, most of the from Afghanistan come to Pakistan to study medical and then return to Afghanistan and serve their citizans.

Whereas, I believe that they should be free go where they want because some students learn to serve own people because they need this facility the most.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You address both views and state a personal position, particularly when you argue that professionals should be free to choose where they work. The discussion of public investment also gives a relevant reason for expecting trained professionals to contribute to their country. However, the response only partially develops the task: the first view is explained mainly as a duty to “pay back,” without clearly discussing whether professionals should be legally required to stay, and the final paragraph gives little support for your opinion. The example about Afghan students returning from Pakistan is relevant, but it does not fully explain the competing argument. Develop each view with a clear reason and a specific example, then explain why your own position is more convincing.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an identifiable introduction, separate paragraphs for the two views, and a concluding position, so the reader can follow its broad structure. You also use signposts such as “In contrast” and “For example.” However, progression within and between ideas is often unclear. The opening moves from public responsibility to professionals studying abroad without explaining the connection, and “Whereas” introduces the final opinion in a way that does not clearly contrast with the preceding point. Some links are mechanical or inaccurate, including “As a result” where the relationship to the example is not fully established. Organise each body paragraph around one main claim, explain it, and then connect the example explicitly to that claim.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “funding,” “facilities,” “training,” and “serve,” and the meaning is generally recoverable. However, the range is limited and several noticeable spelling, word-form, and collocation errors make parts difficult to read. Examples include “responsibilty,” “oppurtunity,” “govenment,” and “citizans,” as well as “pay for their people and land” and “do their train,” which do not express the intended ideas naturally. Repeated use of “students,” “country,” and “serve” also limits precision. Build a more accurate set of phrases for this topic, such as “publicly funded education,” “workforce shortages,” and “contribute to the community,” and check spelling and collocations during revision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some longer sentences and subordinate clauses, for example the sentence beginning “because of the lack of training centre,” but complex structures are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make the reader pause. Examples include “the doctors and engineers must require to provide service,” “other think,” and “they should be free go where they want.” There are also problems with articles, agreement, and sentence boundaries, as in “the government has spent and provided the facilities” and the opening’s run-on sequence of ideas. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then add one clause at a time. Check subject–verb agreement, infinitive patterns (“should be free to go”), and punctuation between complete ideas.

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