Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-29

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)

There are different perspectives about professsionals' work country like some one says that they should work there where they get training and other ones believe they can go to any other country to do job even if they got training in their home country. I agree with the second perspective where they say workers can do work fexibly at any site. But we will discuss both opinions with the examples.

First of all we will talk about the persons think workers should do work when they tranined themselves. And to some extent their thinking is not bad at all. As you know every country has their own rules and regulations for example: Pakistan is a country where there are not highly strict lawas as gulf countries have so when a doctor or engineer go towards those countries he or she will face consequences. But it is one sided picture, there are drwabacks of it becasue when you stuck at one sidie or area you will not get evolve and thais is why they will be struggle in the future .

But on the other hand there is some thing we also need to talk and it is the lack of opportunities and work environment as well. For example: A we know for better opportunities profession from Pakistan especially young doctors are moving to other European countries because there are nothing for their future no salaies not bonuses and the environemnt is also tood bad. And this is not just about Pakistan many developing countries have the same situation. One more example is from United States of America where lamost half of the professions are immigrants or non-immigrants which tells you how important for USA the immigrants are.

In short, yes you will be face difficulties if you got training from other side and working othere but is is a matter of time like it will take more thant 2 years and you will adjust in that environment and this is why I agreed with this.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing both views—that professionals should work where they trained and that they should be free to migrate—while also stating a clear personal opinion in favour of freedom of movement. Ideas are presented, such as differing regulations across countries and the lack of career opportunities in developing nations, and supported with relevant examples like Pakistan and the United States. However, some ideas are slightly under-developed or informal in tone, and the reasoning can be repetitive. Overall, it satisfies the requirements for Band 6.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The essay has an identifiable overall arrangement, with a clear introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Paragraphing is utilised to separate distinct points, such as the arguments for staying versus moving. However, cohesive devices are sometimes mechanical or faulty, such as 'First of all we will talk about the persons think' and 'And this is not just about Pakistan'. Referencing is occasionally unclear, and logical progression between sentences is sometimes disjointed. These issues place the response solidly at Band 5.5.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate to communicate basic ideas on the topic, with terms like 'regulations', 'consequences', 'developing countries', and 'immigrants'. However, there are frequent word-choice and spelling errors, such as 'professsionals', 'fexibly', 'drwabacks', 'becasue', 'stuck at one sidie', and 'tood bad'. Attempts at less common vocabulary often result in inaccurate collocations or spelling slips, though meaning remains generally clear. This aligns with a Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, as seen in conditional-style or relative clauses like 'when a doctor or engineer go towards those countries he or she will face consequences'. However, there are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('professions are immigrants'), tense inconsistencies, and missing articles. Punctuation is also basic. While communication is not severely impeded, the high frequency of errors prevents the grammar score from reaching Band 6.0.

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