Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)
In abroad colleges are said that courses should prefer the lots of time spent in studying abroad or doing some work in factories . i stronglly assert with this statment because of its provide a experinces to the children and valuable skill for their future
admittedly, there are many advantages of doing work on aborad . firstly its provide a experines to the student . if they are working in factory , they are gaining more skils in factory and new technique that used in thier future . For instance , if indian people work in aborad then they learn a new style of working beacause in abroad use different style as comapered to indian people . moreover they can learn a new cultural style and creates awarness of cultural . Indian people respect to other culturla and try a new life style so its calles a personal development in person life . as the result , people can get higher income sources in abraod as comparsion with indian and student become finacially indenpendent
on the other hand , another major advantage is that student can learn a pratical knowledge because in india teachers teach only theoritical knowledge ' so student applied a pratical skills in workplace and getting a better job in abroad with higher income. moreover, such experience can improve their communication and teamwork skills, which may be useful when they start their careers in aborad . Secondly ,student can learn about communicaton skills because they meet with different type of people in unversties and working area ,so they can improve their communicatin skill
In conculsion , although studying in abroad provieds tecahing skills and pratical knowledge as compared to the india country , working in aborad als provide a new skills and higher income sources to the student
. I believe that if student work or studing in abraod so its better their. future and student fullfill basic needs in life
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The student attempts to address the prompt by expressing a clear position agreeing that studying abroad and doing work placements are beneficial. However, the development of ideas is limited and repetitive. The response relies heavily on general statements regarding 'experinces', 'skils', and 'higher income sources' without providing fully elaborated or sophisticated examples. While the main stance is discernible throughout the essay, the arguments tend to over-generalize, particularly regarding Indian students working abroad, which restricts the depth of the task response. Consequently, the performance aligns best with Band 5, where ideas are somewhat limited, under-developed, and repetitive.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The essay demonstrates some organizational structure with distinct paragraphs, including an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. However, the logical progression is frequently disrupted by poor sentence boundary punctuation and mechanical cohesive devices. Words like 'firstly', 'moreover', and 'secondly' are attempted, but their overuse and misuse, combined with erratic spacing and paragraph breaks, prevent smooth transitions of ideas. Additionally, referencing is occasionally unclear, such as pronoun usage in 'so its better their. future'. Overall arrangement shows some basic organization, but cohesion is inadequate and repetitive, fitting the Band 5 descriptors.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used throughout the essay is basic, repetitive, and marred by frequent spelling errors, such as 'aborad' for abroad, 'experines' for experiences, 'skils' for skills, and 'finacially indenpendent' for financially independent. The student attempts some less common terms like 'personal development', 'theoritical knowledge', and 'teamwork skills', but these are accompanied by noticeable lexical inaccuracies and misspellings that occasionally cause difficulty for the reader and hinder smooth comprehension. The lexical range is minimally adequate for the task, which corresponds strictly to a Band 5 level.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The student uses a mixture of simple and attempted complex sentence forms, but control over grammar and punctuation is extremely weak. There are frequent errors in verb tense, subject-verb agreement, and basic sentence construction, such as 'In abroad colleges are said that courses should prefer the lots of time' and 'if student work or studing in abraod so its better their. future'. Punctuation is heavily flawed with spaces preceding commas and periods throughout the text. These frequent errors cause significant difficulty for the reader and restrict the grammatical performance to a Band 4.
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