Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-08-26

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)

So important has studying abroad or a work placement become that it should be involved in courses of all universities in bachelor's degrees. Nonetheless, it seems to me that, in spite of its adverse effects, international studying or work placements themself indicate much more positive progress in many aspects as we shall see below.

Looking first at the benefits. Implemanting programs such as studying abroad or work placements would be beneficial for the student itself. This is because the learnes would get new experiences or prespectives from international studying, for intstance learning or teaching habits from abroad, that it would lead the student to implement the new knowledge from overseas to enhance their expertises. It is also apllies to work placements that students would work after graduated, and the figures of unemployment in a country would decrease. Consequently, from both programs could give positive impacts for all of the individuals such as experiences from the other country or job security after being a freshgraduate. Furthermore, we can see that societies also receive these advantages. It is said that the knowledge from freshgraduates would be applied to the work and have an impact to the community.

Apart from its benefits, attention should be paid to the potential drawbacks caused by these courses. Requiring studying overseas or work placements would need the substantial cost of organizing those two programs. Tuition fees or the interview require a significant amount of money. However, this problem could be tackled by a scholarship or a government assistance to handle the costs.

To sum up, it is logically necessary that a period of time spent studying abroad or doing a work placement are assumed to be a positive investment to students. Thus, it outweighs its probable negative effects.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

Tanggapan ini menjawab semua bagian dari perintah soal, dengan mengambil posisi yang jelas bahwa keuntungan lebih besar daripada kerugian. Ide-idenya relevan, seperti manfaat pengalaman internasional bagi kemampuan kerja dan potensi pengembangan masyarakat. Namun, pengembangan ide-ide ini agak dangkal. Misalnya, argumen mengenai 'substantial cost' diperkenalkan tetapi diselesaikan dengan sangat cepat dengan penyebutan singkat tentang beasiswa, sehingga kurang mendalam. Untuk mencapai band yang lebih tinggi, Anda harus memberikan contoh yang lebih spesifik atau menguraikan lebih lanjut hubungan logis antara program dan hasil yang disebutkan.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

Esai ini disusun secara logis dengan pendahuluan, paragraf isi, dan kesimpulan yang jelas. Pembuatan paragraf digunakan dengan tepat untuk memisahkan manfaat dari kekurangan. Perangkat kohesif seperti 'Nonetheless', 'Consequently', dan 'Furthermore' digunakan untuk menghubungkan ide, meskipun beberapa transisi terasa sedikit mekanis. Referensi umumnya jelas, meskipun ada beberapa gangguan dalam alur, seperti kalimat 'It is also apllies to work placements that students would work after graduated', yang terasa sedikit canggung. Secara keseluruhan, perkembangan ide mudah diikuti.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

Kosakata yang digunakan umumnya memadai untuk tugas ini, memungkinkan komunikasi yang jelas. Anda menunjukkan kemampuan untuk menggunakan istilah khusus topik seperti 'tuition fees', 'unemployment', dan 'positive investment'. Namun, terdapat beberapa kesalahan ejaan ('Implemanting', 'learnes', 'prespectives', 'apllies') dan beberapa kolokasi yang canggung, seperti 'the student itself' (seharusnya 'the students themselves') dan 'freshgraduates' (yang tidak standar). Untuk meningkatkan kemampuan, fokuslah pada proofreading untuk memeriksa ejaan dan memastikan bentuk kata (tunggal/jamak) digunakan dengan benar dalam konteks.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

Anda menggunakan campuran struktur kalimat sederhana dan kompleks, yang merupakan awal yang baik. Namun, terdapat kesalahan tata bahasa yang sering terjadi yang terkadang mengalihkan perhatian pembaca. Contohnya termasuk masalah kesesuaian subjek-predikat ('work placements themself indicate', 'It is also apllies') dan kesalahan bentuk/tenses ('after graduated' seharusnya 'after graduating'). Meskipun kesalahan ini tidak menghalangi pembaca untuk memahami maksud Anda, kesalahan tersebut cukup sering terjadi sehingga membatasi skor Anda. Meningkatkan jumlah kalimat yang bebas kesalahan melalui penyuntingan yang cermat akan secara signifikan meningkatkan kinerja Anda dalam kriteria ini.

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