Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-20

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)

At present, many countries provide much courses for abroad students. All institutions undergraduate courses should involve a period of time spent studying abroad or doing a job placement. This essay will discuss both pros and corn of undergaraduate courses include a period of time spent studying abroad.

To begin with, the main advatages students are going for study abroad and learn new skills. The students are going in the abroad and learn many ideas about education and its help the knowledge is increased. Such as a student is go to the UK for study and student learn new abilities.Moreover the students are going in the abroad for education due to this student achieve a permanent residence in this country. For exampple a student go to australia and complete study and easily to take the permanent residency in australia.

In addition, students are going to the different countries for study and face many difficulties. The students are going in the abroad for education and face the lot of expenses and don't pay the easily all expenses. For instance, a learner go to the other country for study and face lot of expenses and don't easily spend all wages amount. As well as the students are travel for education in different countries and feel lot of burden is study work. Like as people face lot of work such as assignement and presentation.

To conclude, learners are travel to the other naations for education and face much problems. Learners are visits for education and gain new abilities

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response addresses the prompt by discussing the advantages and disadvantages of including study abroad or work placements in undergraduate degrees, mentioning benefits like new skills and permanent residency, and drawbacks such as expenses and academic burden. However, the ideas are underdeveloped and repetitive. Phrases like 'students are going in the abroad' recur without sufficient extension or depth. The position is somewhat clear, but the support lacks concrete, well-elaborated examples, remaining at a superficial level. Furthermore, the final conclusion fails to properly synthesise the main points. Consequently, the performance aligns best with Band 5, as it addresses the task partially with limited and under-developed ideas.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay is divided into paragraphs with basic transitional markers such as 'To begin with', 'In addition', and 'To conclude'. However, the overall progression is disjointed, and the links between sentences often feel mechanical or awkward. For instance, 'Such as a student is go to the UK for study and student learn new abilities' creates poor internal cohesion. Paragraphing is attempted, but the grouping of ideas is sometimes illogical or repetitive, especially in the conclusion which adds little value. Pronoun referencing and substitution are frequently faulty, leading to a lack of smooth flow. This level of organisation and cohesive control sits firmly at Band 5.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, relying heavily on words like 'students', 'study', 'education', and 'expenses'. There are noticeable word choice and collocation errors throughout the text, such as 'provide much courses', 'abroad students', 'pros and corn', and 'work such as assignement'. The writer attempts some less common terms like 'permanent residency' and 'abilities', but inaccuracies in form and usage are frequent. While the message can generally be understood, the limited range and constant lexical errors restrict the score to Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 based on minimally adequate communicative reach for simple concepts.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The grammatical structure of the essay is heavily restricted, consisting mostly of simple and frequently faulty sentences. There are widespread and fundamental grammatical errors, including tense misuse, missing articles, and incorrect prepositions, as seen in 'a student is go to the UK' and 'students are travel for education'. Complex sentence structures are attempted, but they are almost invariably inaccurate and awkward, such as 'due to this student achieve a permanent residence'. Punctuation is basic and sometimes missing. Because errors are frequent, occur across all sentence types, and occasionally cause difficulty for the reader, the writing corresponds to Band 4.0.

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