Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-24
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 5.5)
Nowadays, globalization take place in every part of the world. Some people believes that professionals, such as doctors and engineers, should be work in the country where they did training, while other argues that they can be work where they want. This essay shall discuss both the view followed by my opinion.
To commence with, professionals should be work on their own country or the country where they gain knowledge; for example, people of poor country are take training in their own country and they are try to find opportunities for abroad earning therefore, it will lead to loss for the poor nations; consequently, the amount of well-knowledge people will be lessen with the period of time. Although person is should work in their own country is important, try to find new opportunity for personal growth. In addition, the economy of nation will also decreased when people not work in own nation, it eventually affects the growth of country. Furthermore, well- manner person can also help solve too many problems of their own nation so, to some extend it is considerable to work for own nation.
On the other side, some of them believes that they have freedome to work anywhere they want, beacuase they are working hard to achieve something for the family or personal growth then it is wrong to say that people should no go outside to earn. Moreover, it is also beneficial when some person work outside and get good fame, ultimately it leads to enhance nations' name across the world.
In conclusion, i strongly believe that people should have freedome to work but they should also think about a nation ,which is responsible to provide training and crucial lessions.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0
The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing both views—that professionals should work in their home country and that they should be free to work abroad—and provides a clear personal opinion in the conclusion. The student attempts to present arguments, noting issues such as brain drain and economic impact for the first view, and family support and global recognition for the second view. However, some ideas are underdeveloped or repetitive, particularly in the second paragraph where sentences like 'people of poor country are take training in their own country and they are try to find opportunities for abroad earning' lack precision and clarity. Despite these limitations, a clear position is maintained throughout, fitting the Band 6 descriptor well.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The essay is divided into an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion, showing an overall logical arrangement. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate the two opposing views. However, cohesion within sentences is often faulty and mechanical. The student relies on basic transition phrases like 'To commence with', 'On the other side', and 'In conclusion', but the internal links between clauses are frequently strained by poor grammar and referencing errors. For example, 'Although person is should work in their own country is important, try to find new opportunity for personal growth' creates confusion in logical progression. Cohesive devices are sometimes inaccurate or overused, aligning this response with a Band 5.0 to 5.5 performance.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The student demonstrates an adequate vocabulary range for the task, attempting some less common items such as 'globalization', 'opportunities', and 'recognition' (implied by 'fame'). However, there are frequent word-choice and collocation errors, such as 'abroad earning' instead of 'earning abroad', 'well-knowledge people' instead of 'knowledgeable professionals', and 'decreased' used intransitively or incorrectly with 'economy'. Spelling and morphological errors are also present, such as 'freedome', 'beacuase', and 'lessen' used as a verb form incorrectly. While communication is generally maintained, the high frequency of lexical errors prevents the score from reaching Band 6.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writing exhibits a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but control over grammar is weak. There are frequent, noticeable errors in tense, subject-verb agreement, and sentence structure throughout the text, such as 'globalization take place', 'Some people believes', 'should be work', and 'people should no go outside'. Many complex sentence attempts result in ungrammatical structures that cause difficulty for the reader, for instance, 'Furthermore, well-manner person can also help solve too many problems of their own nation so, to some extend it is considerable to work for own nation.' Punctuation is also inconsistent, particularly with comma splices. These issues reflect Band 5 grammatical performance.
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