Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-18

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 4.0)

All the university undergraduate courses should include a period of time spent studying abroad or doing a work place ment these are two opposite choices and any of one has advantages and disadvantages

In this easy discuss the two things frist of one is studying in aboard and second one is the work placement

I am start with the frist one studying aboard is good option in my opinon because you go abroad and face difficult thing and new thing and get different lesson in the europe country study method are modern and advance them form the asian countries . study aboard is give the more knowleg and experince and use meet with the people form different country and belong to different cluture .

Disadvantages of study aboard is less than advantages firdt of all home sicknees is the major disadvantages of study aboard .dippersion and lonliness and at the weekend not meet with childhood friend and family.

IN step 2 ; workplacement i am not argee with that opnion because they have many reason behind this frist is the home scikness and time managment . I thing time managment is major resaon getup early in the morning and make breakfast for his own self and packed lunched bag and ready for going work . And most be reached at work site on 7 am after that start working and work form 8 hours. at the end duty off.

After this goes to home in labour bus and reached at home after one an hour . life is bond only in daliy rotine life and on enjoyment in life .because of this i like study aboard.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response attempts to address the prompt regarding whether studying abroad or doing a work placement should be included in undergraduate courses, and whether advantages outweigh disadvantages. However, the development of ideas is quite limited and confused. The student presents studying abroad and work placements as two separate things to choose between, rather than evaluating them together as potential components of a university course. Furthermore, the position is not consistently maintained or clearly articulated throughout the text, as the writer shifts abruptly from discussing studying abroad to disagreeing with work placements due to homesickness and early mornings. Consequently, the ideas are under-developed, placing this response firmly in the band 4 range.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The text suffers from a lack of logical organisation and clear progression. While there are some transitional markers used like 'frist of one' and 'In step 2', the overarching structure is fragmented with numerous very short, broken paragraphs and single-sentence lines. Cohesive devices are frequently misused, repetitive, or mechanically applied, making it difficult for the reader to follow a cohesive argument. Paragraphing is not used effectively to separate main ideas, and referencing between sentences is often unclear, resulting in an arrangement that falls short of coherence requirements.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is basic, repetitive, and heavily impacted by spelling and word-choice errors. Examples such as 'easy' for essay, 'aboard' for abroad, 'dippersion' for depression, and 'scikness' for sickness demonstrate a very limited lexical range. While the writer attempts to use some less common words like 'advantges', 'knowleg', and 'experince', frequent spelling mistakes and inaccurate word forms severely strain the reader and obscure meaning in several places. The lexical resource matches band 4 descriptors.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

Grammatically, the response shows a very limited range of structures. Most sentences are simple, and attempts at more complex structures are faulty or missing entirely. There are frequent and pervasive errors in punctuation, subject-verb agreement, tense usage, and sentence boundaries, such as run-on sentences and fragments ('at the end duty off' and 'life is bond only in daliy rotine life'). These frequent errors distort meaning and make reading difficult, though the general topic can occasionally be deciphered.

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