Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

People in different proffessions like doctors and engineers should serve the same country from where they got their training, is argued by some people. Conversely, others believe that there should be a free choice about choosing different country for work. Although it is expected that proffessionals should play developmental role in their own country, I agree that everyone should have choice to choose their workplace according to their interest independently.

People argue that proffessional workers after getting their training should benefit their own country in return, because of the country's investment and efforts in polishing those proffesionals are substantial. Governments invest a lot of financial budget from primary eductaion to high-level education in any student, in return they expect developmental work for their country. For example, a person graduated as civil engineer with good skills, will be expected to benefit their country and society with their valuable skills in terms of improvement of infrastructure. Because of these underlying factors, people expect from the proffesionals to serve their own country in return.

On the other hand, people believe that there should be a freedom of choice for proffessionals to work in any country. Apart from the expectations, proffesionals should be allowed to take independent decisions about choosing the workplace, because every person has their own moral expectations regarding workplace. For example, in the big tech companies like google, amazon etc, cultural environment is good and every proffessional is valued in those workplaces. So a person should be independent about choosing in which country to work according to their core values.

In conculsion, although proffessionals are highly expected to play part in advancement of their own country where they got trained, i think so the proffesionals should have freedom to choose in which country they want to work because core values of a person can not be neglected.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both sides of the discussion and state a clear opinion: professionals are expected to contribute to the country that trained them, but should be free to choose where they work. The explanation of public investment is relevant, and the civil-engineer example helps illustrate the first view. However, the second view is less fully supported: the examples of Google and Amazon focus on workplace culture and being valued, rather than explaining why professionals should be free to move between countries. The conclusion repeats your position but does not add much development. To strengthen the response, explain the consequences of restricting mobility and support your opinion with a more directly relevant example, while extending both sides more evenly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, one paragraph for each view, and a conclusion. Transitions such as “Conversely,” “On the other hand,” and “In conclusion” make the direction of the argument easy to follow. Within paragraphs, however, ideas sometimes repeat rather than progress: the first body paragraph restates that professionals are expected to serve their country after explaining the investment rationale. Some links are also broad or unclear, particularly the move from professionals’ freedom to choose a country to the culture of large technology companies. Develop each paragraph through a clearer sequence of claim, explanation, and relevant example, and use references that make the connection between sentences more precise.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a range of topic-related vocabulary, including “investment,” “developmental role,” “infrastructure,” “independent decisions,” and “core values.” These choices communicate the main ideas, but several spelling errors and awkward or repetitive expressions reduce precision. “Proffessionals” and “eductaion” are misspelled, while “financial budget” and “play part in advancement” are not natural collocations. The repeated use of “proffessionals” and “country” also limits flexibility. Aim to use accurate spelling and more natural combinations, such as “public funding for education” and “contribute to national development.” This would make your vocabulary more precise and fluent without changing your argument.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex structures, including a concession in “Although it is expected…” and a reason clause beginning “because.” Most sentences remain understandable, but some grammatical errors and awkward constructions are noticeable. For example, “a person graduated as civil engineer” needs an article and a more suitable verb pattern, while “a freedom of choice” and “a person should be independent about choosing” show problems with article use and sentence construction. The opening sentence also has an awkward passive structure, and the final sentence contains a comma splice between two independent clauses. Practise building accurate complex sentences and check articles, clause boundaries, and punctuation during revision.

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