Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-13

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

All university undergraduate courses should include a period of time spent studying abroad or doing a work placement.

Do you think the advantages of this would outweigh the disadvantages?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 6.0)

Every country universities which run bachelor degree programs should focus on offering a period of time spent studing abroad or doing an internship at foreign countries in their available courses. From my perspective, it has more advantages than its disadvantages because it provides several opportunities to know about foreing education system, there work culture and so on.

On the one hand, the spending time for study in abroad or doing a work placement there offer various opportunities to the overseas students. Firstly, the student gets chance to know abouth the foreign universities education system or their available course structure. As a result,when they return in their hometown they can suggest to their college or universities to implement such type of course structure. Secondly, when the student does the internishp in abroad, they also know the there work environment or work culture. Additionally, they earn certain income as a working in there company. For example, the far western university of Nepal sends their agriculture students to do internship in Israel for one year.Therefore, the university undergraduate courses should include a period of time spent studying abroad or doing a work placement.

On the other hand, it has several disadvantages. First of all, the cost of university fees increase when they apply these coursses. Thus the students should pay more amount. Furthermore, the countries loose their competitive or talent students as most of them start their carrier where they do internship. For instance, the most Nepalese students who went abroad as an intern they have started their carrier in there. Due to these reasons, it impact negatively in the countries education development system.

In conclusion, I think the advantages of adapting these couses are more outweigh like it provides opportunities to know about abroad universities education system or culture and student can earn money with getting work experiences in foreign multi national corporations (MNCs) than its disadvantages such as it increase additional costs and domestic countries loose their talent workforces or students

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

Your position is clear: you believe the benefits outweigh the drawbacks, and you address both sides with relevant points. The discussion of learning about overseas education systems and workplace culture is supported by the Nepalese agriculture students’ placement in Israel; you also identify higher costs and the possible loss of talented graduates. This covers the task well, and the response shows some of the development expected at a stronger level. However, several claims are asserted rather than fully explained. For example, explain how students’ suggestions would realistically influence their home universities, and distinguish the risk of graduates staying abroad from the broader effect on national education. The conclusion repeats the main points but could weigh them more explicitly to show why the benefits are greater.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, separate paragraphs for advantages and disadvantages, and a conclusion. Sequencing phrases such as “Firstly,” “Secondly,” “On the other hand,” and “In conclusion” help readers follow the argument. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical, and some links between ideas are unclear. In the first body paragraph, the move from learning about course structures to earning income is abrupt; explain how each point supports your argument. Punctuation also weakens flow in places, as in “As a result,when they return” and “one year.Therefore.” Some references, including “there” in “their work environment” and “in there,” are unclear. Use more varied linking and make pronoun references precise.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “work placement,” “course structure,” “work environment,” and “competitive students,” and you attempt more specific expressions such as “multinational corporations.” This gives you enough range to discuss the main ideas, but inaccurate word choice, collocation, and spelling are noticeable and sometimes make the meaning less clear. Examples include “studing,” “foreing,” “internishp,” and “carrier,” as well as “earn certain income as a working” and “advantages … are more outweigh.” Some phrases are also imprecise, such as “foreign universities education system.” Aim to learn common word partnerships and check spelling carefully; more accurate phrasing will make your argument sound clearer and more natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentences, including a reason clause with “because” and a result clause beginning “As a result.” The overall meaning is generally recoverable, but control of sentence structure and basic grammar is inconsistent. For example, “the spending time … offer” has a subject–verb agreement problem, while “the student gets chance” needs an article. In “when they return in their hometown,” the preposition pattern is incorrect, and “it impact negatively” has an agreement error. The final sentence is difficult to follow because several ideas are joined without a clear grammatical structure. Practise accurate articles, agreement, verb forms, and sentence boundaries, then check each sentence for a clear subject and main verb.

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