Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-27

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)

Migration has become increasingly popular in these days. Many individuals argued that experts, such as doctoors and engineers, should be required to work in the homeland where they did their learning. Whilst, some believe they should be free to work in country where they want. While, I partly agree with the statement because professionals has rights for freely working in all over the word and support own country economy.

On the one hand, Individuals should believe that they freely serve their experties all over the world. Firstly, if doctor and engineers learn and get experience in their homeland but they get opportunity to sever duty in UK, they should prefer this chance and avail advance knowledge about their professions. Furthermore, they can support their families and improve standard from nothing to something with the help of money which they earned in abroad. For instance, professionals in this field get chance to learn advance learning and skills they do and avial this just because of currencey rates and helps their government about recent inovation and support thier economy. Therefore, experts has rights to avail these opportunities and produce country soft image all of the world.

On the other hand, some locals argued that they serve their duties in the country and improve their sectors such as medical and engineering. In addition, they server their duties in homeland because government spend more fundings in the field of medical sectors to improve own national medical and hospitals if all of expertes going abroad then how they improve hospitals and provide well treatment to patients. it burden on government lose of diomands which they trained. For example, authorities issues 70% scholorships to medical student just for its polishing or its a furture of our country.

In conslusion, professionals server their duties in own home land for improving or provideing better treatments to the patients. Although, If tthey freely work all over the world they can get advance skills and support country economy by providing taxes and funds from which they earning in abroad. I partially agree with both statements because both a benefical for own country.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You discuss both views and give a personal position, so the response addresses the main parts of the prompt. The argument for freedom to work abroad includes possible professional learning, family support and economic benefits; the opposing view explains that publicly funded training may leave shortages in local hospitals. However, these points are often asserted rather than clearly explained. The example about “70% scholorships” is difficult to interpret, and the conclusion says both positions benefit the country without resolving how you weigh them. Your opening says “I partly agree,” but the precise basis for that position remains unclear. Develop fewer points with a clear explanation and a relevant, specific example for each view.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for the two views, and a conclusion. This helps readers identify the broad direction of the discussion. However, progression within paragraphs is uneven, and several linking expressions are either repetitive or awkwardly placed. For example, “Firstly,” “Furthermore,” and “Therefore” connect ideas, but the relationship between professional learning, currency rates and helping the government is not made clear. The opening also uses “Whilst” and “While” in a way that interrupts the sentence, while the conclusion repeats earlier claims rather than drawing them together. Use clearer topic sentences, group related reasons, and make each transition express the actual relationship between ideas.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “professionals,” “opportunity,” “advance knowledge,” “sectors,” and “economy.” There is also some effort to use less common expressions such as “soft image.” However, the range is limited by repeated wording such as “serve their duties” and “country,” and several choices or spellings make meaning difficult to follow: “experties,” “currencey rates,” “diomands,” and “polishing.” Phrases such as “improve standard from nothing to something” and “produce country soft image” are not natural collocations. Aim for precise, conventional expressions and check spelling carefully; this will make your ideas easier to understand without requiring more elaborate vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including conditional forms such as “if all of expertes going abroad then how they improve hospitals” and clauses beginning with “because.” However, complex structures are often faulty, and errors in agreement, verb forms, articles and sentence boundaries frequently make the reader work to understand the meaning. Examples include “professionals has rights,” “if doctor and engineers learn,” and “government spend more fundings.” The sentence beginning “it burden on government” is also not grammatically complete, and punctuation between sentences is inconsistent. Practise building accurate subject–verb–object sentences first, then add subordinate clauses, checking agreement and verb forms in each clause.

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