Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-14

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 4.5)

Some people argu all university students who are enrole in undergraduate courses should include a specific period of time spent studying abroad or doing a work placement. According to my point of view this is a very good approach this type of planing will allow students explore different culturals and enhance thier confidence and it woild be benificial for health and the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages.

Every country has thier own culturals when univerties allow students and give them chance to go another for short period of time as part of thier course that will allow them to explore different values and culturals as a result they wil be more confident and informed.

living in same enviroment can be stressfull

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You give a clear opinion that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and you identify relevant benefits: experiencing other cultures and becoming more confident and informed. However, the response addresses the task only minimally. The disadvantages are not explained, and the final statement, “living in same enviroment can be stressfull,” is incomplete and not connected to a developed argument. There are no specific examples or explanation of how a placement benefits students’ studies or future work. The response contains 111 words, so it is 139 words short of the 250-word minimum; 11 words copied from the task prompt were not counted. Develop both sides, support your position with examples, and write a complete conclusion.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: the opening states your view, followed by a paragraph about cultural benefits. The ideas about exploring values and becoming more confident are related, so the reader can identify your main line of thought. However, progression is limited because the response ends abruptly with “living in same enviroment can be stressfull,” without explaining how this relates to the argument. Connections between ideas are also unclear in places, particularly in the long opening sentence and the sentence beginning “Every country has thier culturals.” Use separate paragraphs for advantages, disadvantages, and your conclusion, and connect each point with clear explanation rather than relying on a single extended sentence.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “undergraduate courses,” “studying abroad,” “work placement,” “confidence,” and “values.” These choices communicate the general subject and show an attempt to discuss cultural experience. However, the range is limited, with repeated use of “culturals” and “allow,” and several spelling errors make the writing less clear, such as “argu,” “enrole,” “thier,” and “benificial.” Some expressions are also imprecise: “beneficial for health” is not explained, and “go another” does not clearly say where students would go. Build a wider set of accurate terms for academic, personal, and career benefits, and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt to express connected ideas using clauses, for example, “when universities allow students … that will allow them to explore different values.” This shows an effort to move beyond isolated simple statements. However, the range of sentence structures is very limited, and errors are frequent enough to make some relationships difficult to follow. The opening contains several clauses joined without clear punctuation, while “students explore” needs a grammatical link such as “students to explore.” There are also missing articles and incomplete structures, as in “living in same environment can be stressful,” which lacks an article and a complete connection to the surrounding argument. Practise accurate simple sentences first, then combine them with controlled subordinate clauses and clear punctuation.

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