Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

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

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)

Over recent years , university undergraduate courses include a period of time spending other countries or doing learn skill is hotly debated topic in society. This issue is particularly significant because of its impact on student life, affecting both individual and communities. In this i will examine the advantage and disadvantage of those topic and discuss their implication for society.

One of key benefit of going abroad or doing a work placement in the years of university degree. This is evident going abroad is help the children learn about more different culture and meet several kind of people boost their confidence level. For instance my elder brother go France during their college level, at those time he absorbed culture and people of their and after complete their inter he go France for higher study. Additionally benefit of work placement student can learned a skill for their future life according to their career and ambition. This think also help the children to safe their life.

However, alongside these benefit their have some notable drawback, some people think that one significant disadvantage is a after a short break, student cannot pay heed to their study, therefore they loss their desire grades. one more drawback is after learning a skill student argue that, in the end he do this work finally therefore no need of study fore this work. In this way he do not complete their study.

IN conclusion, I believe that going in abroad or learn some skill present both advantage and disadvantage. while i also strongly believe that doing work placement or going abroad under their university degree is more advantage as its disadvantage.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing both the advantages and disadvantages of including a study abroad or work placement period in undergraduate courses, and provides a clear position in the conclusion. However, the development of ideas is limited and at times unclear due to expression issues. For instance, the discussion of the advantages mentions learning about different cultures and gaining career skills, but the examples provided, such as the writer's brother going to France, are underdeveloped and difficult to follow. Similarly, the drawbacks regarding students losing their desired grades or abandoning their studies are mentioned rather than fully extended. Despite these limitations in support and elaboration, all main parts of the prompt are addressed, aligning the response with Band 5.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The text has some overall organization with a traditional four-paragraph structure, including a clear introduction and conclusion. However, there is a lack of clear progression throughout the body paragraphs. Cohesive devices are sometimes inaccurate or awkward, such as starting a sentence with 'This is evident going abroad is help the children...' or 'This think also help the children...'. Referencing is frequently unclear, making it hard to follow which ideas connect to which pronouns. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal paragraph cohesion is frequently disrupted by grammatical and lexical faults, resulting in a somewhat mechanical and repetitive flow. These characteristics are indicative of Band 5.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The lexical resource is limited and minimally adequate for the task. The student attempts some less common vocabulary, such as 'hotly debated topic' and 'work placement', but these are accompanied by noticeable errors in word choice, form, and collocation, such as 'doing learn skill', 'safe their life', and 'loss their desire grades'. Spelling errors also occur, such as 'fore' instead of 'for'. While the vocabulary is sufficient to convey a general meaning, the persistent errors in word formation and collocation cause some difficulty for the reader and restrict the score to Band 5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but attempts at complex sentences are frequently faulty. There are persistent grammatical errors throughout the response, including subject-verb agreement issues ('university undergraduate courses include', 'their have some notable drawback'), tense inconsistencies ('after complete their inter he go France'), and missing prepositions or auxiliary verbs ('he do not complete their study'). Punctuation and capitalization are also erratic, with spaces before commas and lowercase letters at the beginning of clauses. These frequent errors can cause difficulty for the reader, placing the grammar performance firmly at Band 5.

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