Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-16

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)

(Task 2).

It is widely acknowledged that professionals such as doctors and engineers, should be obliged to work country in which they received their training. Whereas others argue that they should have right to pursue career in overseas. In my opinion, although people obliged training in our country, but people should have to rise career mobility in other countries.

Primarily, many proffessionals such as doctors, engineers, teachers and other workers obtain training in the country, they should have to develop their career in their own country because they can contribute their expertise to local economy. Consequently, it is way to return public investment through such type of career mobility. For instance, doctors require their training they must have to provide treatment to public in their own country to develop career reputation.

Furthermore, professionals should be free to work abroad. The country should provide freedom to individual and more career opportunities. So that proffessionals should choose where they can want to live or work. This can help them to develop specialised skills. While professionals can earn more salary to fulfil their necessities.

In my opinion, professionals should have right to pursue their career mobility in overseas it is anco, enhance their skills and whereas it is also beneficial to oblige international experience.

To sumup, it is big debate between professionals to work at their own country where they did trained whether some believe they should have right to move on overseas to get more experience and it also benefits for the home country.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing both views—that professionals should work where trained and that they should be free to work abroad—and provides a clear personal opinion. However, the ideas are somewhat limited and repetitive. For instance, the argument regarding returning public investment is introduced in the first body paragraph but remains underdeveloped. Similarly, the conclusion repeats points without adding substantial development. While the position is clear throughout, the support for each view tends to be general rather than fully extended, placing the response firmly at Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response features some basic organisation with paragraphing and clear transitional markers such as 'Primarily', 'Furthermore', and 'To sumup'. However, there is no clear overall progression of ideas, and relationships between sentences are often strained due to confusing phrasing. For example, the sentence 'Whereas others argue that they should have right to pursue career in overseas' lacks a proper main clause, disrupting the flow. Furthermore, cohesive devices are sometimes mechanical or inaccurate, such as starting a sentence with 'So that proffessionals should choose...'. Referencing is occasionally unclear, leading to a choppy reading experience that aligns with Band 5.0 descriptors.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is a mix of adequate and limited terms. The student attempts less common vocabulary such as 'career mobility', 'public investment', and 'specialised skills', but there are noticeable spelling and word choice errors throughout the text, including 'proffessionals' (professionals), 'work country' (work in the country), and 'anco' (an eco/economic error or typo). Repetition of phrases like 'career' and 'professionals' limits the lexical range. Although communication is generally maintained, the frequency of lexical errors and awkward collocations caps the score at Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The essay displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, and attempts at complex sentences are frequently faulty. For instance, the sentence 'In my opinion, although people obliged training in our country, but people should have to rise career mobility in other countries' contains multiple grammatical errors, including missing auxiliary verbs, incorrect voice, and double conjunctions ('although... but'). Punctuation and article usage are also problematic throughout the response (e.g., 'have right', 'in overseas', 'where they did trained'). Frequent grammatical errors cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect Band 4.5 to 5.0 descriptors, comfortably settling at 5.0 due to attempts at subordination.

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