Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-31

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 people have different views as like the number of people believe that professionals as doctors and engineers should be needed to work in the trained country, while others argue that should be free to work in any country. In my opinion, profession should be free to work in any country because they deserve better opportunity to choose freedom to make their own decision.

On the one hand, some people agree with this statement profession should be required work in the country where they did their training. The main reason that, people who work in training country, government bear their finance requirement and give some facilities. In the other words, if that trained up people work in own country, the local people can be get high-quality service and reduce the shortage of doctors and engineers in country. For Example, if the country has the expert doctors and engineers, the country improved gradually. As a result, the country led to better position in the world.

On the other hand, there are debate about the view like some people argue that profession should be free to work in another country. The major cause is that better opportunity. Every experienced people deserve good facilities and growth development career. When they go overseas with their experience the opportunity doors will be open. Then can easily growth their career. As a result, they can get an organized and better life.

In my view, i completely agree with that view which is people believe that profession should be freedom in another country. However, another country gives then the better opportunity. For example, developed country give the suitable environment and huge number of facilities. Therefore, it will more beneficial for people.

In conclusion, although people have different view about the work in own county and work in another country i believe that work in another country more beneficial than work in own country.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You discuss both views and state a clear preference for professionals to choose where they work, so the response addresses the main parts of the question. The argument for requiring work in the training country is relevant: you explain that governments fund training and that local services may benefit. However, this point is only briefly developed, and the claim that the country will gain a “better position in the world” is not explained. The case for working abroad focuses on better opportunities and facilities, but remains general and gives little detail about why professionals should have this freedom. To strengthen the response, develop each side with a specific consequence or example, and explain your own position more fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for the two views, your opinion, and a conclusion. Signposting such as “On the one hand,” “On the other hand,” and “In conclusion” helps readers follow the discussion. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes mechanical, with repeated cause-and-result links such as “As a result” and “Therefore.” Some references are unclear, for example “Then can easily growth their career,” where the subject is missing, and “that view” does not clearly identify the position being referred to. Aim to connect each claim more explicitly to the next and use pronouns with clear antecedents. Combining related points rather than repeating the same benefit would also improve flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some topic-relevant vocabulary, including “professionals,” “shortage,” “facilities,” “opportunity,” and “career,” which allows you to communicate the main ideas. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are noticeably inaccurate, sometimes making meaning less clear. Examples include “the trained country,” “finance requirement,” “opportunity doors will be open,” and “organized and better life.” There is also repetition of “better opportunity” and “country.” Build a more precise set of phrases for discussing employment and migration, and check whether words naturally combine in English. More accurate collocations would make your argument clearer and more convincing without requiring unusually advanced vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including conditional structures such as “if the country has the expert doctors and engineers” and clauses beginning with “because” and “although.” This shows some range, but complex attempts are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make parts of the response difficult to follow. For instance, “profession should be required work” lacks a grammatical structure after “required,” while “the local people can be get” combines incompatible verb forms. Other examples include “Then can easily growth their career” and “it will more beneficial.” Practise complete clause structure, subject–verb agreement, articles, and verb forms. Proofreading each sentence for a clear subject and correctly formed verb would improve accuracy.

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