Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-10

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)

Wether the professionals, such as doctors and enginners, should work in the country where they got their training or free to work in another country is the hot debate among the people nowadays. According to the research, about 90% of the people get their training done in their homeland.

In my opinion, those professionals are free to work in other countries if they wish because this is the right of every individual professional. If they got better opportunities outside the country where they got their training, they need to avial that opportunity. In addition, they learned new things about their relevant professions in another countries, exploring their latest technologies, experience the change of enviroment and many more. No one has the right to stop any individual to work abroad.

I partially agreed that those professional should work in the country where the complete their trainings because in the same country they also gain some experience in real world enviroment. Going aborad in hurry to avail the opportunity is not good for the professionalss because it is too soon for them. They should have gained some experience first then looking for the opprotunities abroad if they wish.

To wrap up my opinions, I thinks the professional should gain some experience from the country where they did their traing. After gaining some experience if they want to work in another country, So they free to work on other countries because it is the right for every individual professionals around the world to work outside their homelands.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You present a clear preference for allowing professionals to work abroad, and you also acknowledge the case for gaining experience in the country where they trained. The points about better opportunities and exposure to new technology are relevant. However, the discussion of the opposing view is brief and not fully explained: the claim that leaving “in hurry” is not good is asserted without showing why local experience benefits the professional or the country. The opening statistic about 90% of people training in their homeland is unsupported and does not help develop either view. To strengthen the response, explain both sides with specific reasoning or an example, then make your final position consistent and precise; your conclusion introduces a period of local work before migration that is not fully established earlier.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for the two views, and a conclusion. This gives the reader a basic route through your argument, and linking phrases such as “In addition” and “To wrap up” signal relationships between ideas. However, progression is sometimes repetitive: the right to work abroad is stated several times, while the opposing view receives less development. Some connections are unclear, particularly “I partially agreed” followed by a recommendation to gain experience first, and the final sentence’s “So” interrupts the sentence flow. Use topic sentences that clearly identify each paragraph’s purpose, develop each point before moving on, and use fewer, more precise transitions and references.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “professionals,” “opportunities,” “experience,” and “latest technologies,” so the main ideas are generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems make the writing less natural. Examples include “got their training done,” “avail that opportunity,” and “in another countries”; these expressions are awkward or incorrectly formed. There are also repeated spelling errors such as “Wether,” “enginners,” “enviroment,” and “traing.” Aim to learn accurate phrases for this topic, such as “complete their professional training,” “take advantage of an opportunity,” and “gain practical experience.” Proofreading for spelling and choosing natural word partnerships would make your meaning clearer and more fluent.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, for example, “If they got better opportunities outside the country where they got their training, they need to…” However, complex sentences are often not controlled accurately, and errors occur frequently enough to make some passages difficult to follow. In “I partially agreed that those professional should work in the country where the complete their trainings,” the verb form, plural agreement, and clause structure are faulty. Other examples include “I thinks” and “they free to work,” which need correct subject–verb agreement and a verb. Sentence boundaries and punctuation also need attention, as in “if they wish, So they free…”. Practise building accurate sentences with subordinate clauses, and check verb forms, articles, plurals, and punctuation during revision.

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