Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-14

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 5.0)

Basically this task is about the opertunities for undergraduate students from all universities to study abroad or have an internship during graduation.

There are many advantages and disadvantages of this oppertunity. First we have to discuss the advantages.

There is a lot of maritorius advantages that consist practical experiences in which student learn lot of new practical this druring studying abroad or havinf an internship. They meet better job oppertunities that help out in future. Student learn new culture and languages of that country where they went for studying. Moving abroad or internship develop confidence and make more independent for making decisions. Inernational experience assist in future career because through moving abraod student face new people and get in touch with them.

On the other hand, there are lot of disadvantages of moving abroad or having internships. Moving abroad is very costly to the students, it includes high rate accomodation, food expences, travel expences and others. One of the other is homesickness, student travels to dipression because of residing far away from the households. Language distraction is other sever setback for studying abroad because some students did not learn language of that country properly and face a lot of problems in studying and residing. Every student could not go to abroad because of having personal and financial problems.

In my point of view, I preffer internships and studying abroad because it increases the confidence and make the students more intellectual to understand every problem of life and regardind to study.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response addresses the prompt by discussing both the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad or doing a work placement during an undergraduate degree. A clear position is stated in the final paragraph, where the candidate expresses a preference for these opportunities. However, the development of ideas is somewhat limited and repetitive. For example, the points regarding gaining practical experience and improving future job opportunities are mentioned multiple times across the body paragraphs without significant extension or deeper analysis. While all parts of the task are addressed, the arguments lack depth and rely on general statements rather than well-supported examples. Consequently, the task achievement level aligns with Band 5.5, as the ideas are presented but remain under-developed.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay displays a basic overall organization with an introductory framing, separate body paragraphs for advantages and disadvantages, and a brief concluding stance. However, the logical progression is hindered by poor paragraphing and a lack of sophisticated cohesive devices. The second and third paragraphs are combined awkwardly, and transitions between sentences feel mechanical, such as relying heavily on repetitive phrasing like 'Moving abroad'. Reference words are sometimes ambiguous, making the flow bumpy in places. Paragraphing is not used sufficiently and appropriately to separate distinct thematic ideas. This structural and cohesive limitation places the response firmly within the Band 5.0 range.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.5

The student demonstrates a limited and minimally adequate vocabulary range for the task, evidenced by numerous spelling and word-choice errors. Throughout the text, there are frequent misspellings such as 'opertunities', 'oppertunity', 'maritorius', 'druring', 'havinf', 'accomodation', 'expences', 'dipression', 'sever', and 'preffer'. Additionally, collocation and word choice are frequently awkward, such as 'student travels to dipression' and 'Language distraction is other sever setback'. While the intended meaning usually remains decipherable, the sheer volume of lexical inaccuracies and restricted vocabulary control prevents the response from achieving a higher score, matching the Band 4.5 descriptors.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writing relies mostly on simple and limited complex sentence structures, many of which contain noticeable grammatical errors. Examples of structural faults and inaccurate phrasing include 'Student learn new culture and languages', 'make more independent for making decisions', and 'Every student could not go to abroad'. Articles and pluralisation are frequently mishandled, and tense consistency is occasionally flawed. While the writer attempts some complex sentences, they are often faulty and require effort from the reader to parse. Because frequent grammatical errors impede fluency and accuracy, this performance aligns with a Band 5.0 score.

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