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)

All bachelor's incoorporate should their time in studing abroad rather than doing professional internship.

A key advantage of studing abroad is that it helps to get more theoratical knowledge, an intership offers hands-on experience and allows students to apply concepts in real- world setting.

From my perspective, The primary advantage is to ehance employability. because this help to gain more experience, working by hands help them to remember more things and easy to understand.For instance, A medical student gain hands on experience by working in hospitals , which makes them more easily to understand and remember the things.

Similarly, doing internship help them easy acess to the further employment.Studing abroad elevate their ability to live alone and independently.

Admittedly, there are many challenges. Studing abroud can be more expensive for students who belongs to low income families. So, they have to do part time job which creates a burden on students. they cannot study , their cgpa starts to fall down. Moreover, part time job may disturb the academic continuity. For example, some students studing in abroad cannot arrange their fee so in term they left their studies or some had adopted illegal ways. which affect both the

In conclusion, However, these issues can be resolved from scholarships, virtual internship and by planning. therefore, long term carrer planning and good strategies make things easier for the students.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response attempts to address the prompt regarding whether the advantages of studying abroad or doing a work placement outweigh the disadvantages. However, there is a major issue with the word count, as the response contains only 227 words, falling short of the 250-word minimum requirement. This incurs a direct penalty on Task Achievement. Furthermore, the position is somewhat confusing, as the introductory sentence ('All bachelor's incoorporate should their time in studing abroad rather than doing professional internship') contrasts with the prompt, and the body paragraphs heavily lean into discussing internships rather than properly balancing both options or fully developing the ideas. Examples are provided, such as the medical student, but overall development remains limited and under-developed, aligning closely with a Band 5 performance.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay displays some organization, but lacks a clear overall progression. Paragraphing is attempted, but the paragraphs are fragmented and poorly structured, particularly the conclusion which trails off unfinished ('which affect both the...'). Cohesive devices are used minimally and sometimes awkwardly, such as starting sentences abruptly without adequate transitional logic ('Similarly, doing internship help them...'). Referencing is occasionally unclear, and the mechanical nature of the linking words makes the argument harder to follow. Overall, the structural flaws and abrupt endings reflect the descriptors for Band 5.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is limited and frequently repetitive. Words like 'experience', 'students', and 'internship' are used repeatedly without much variation. There are numerous spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'incoorporate', 'studing', 'theoratical', 'intership', 'ehance', 'acess', and 'carrier'. Less common lexical items are attempted, but they are often inaccurate or poorly collated, causing some difficulty for the reader. This level of lexical control corresponds to a Band 5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student demonstrates a very limited range of sentence structures, relying heavily on simple sentences and faulty attempts at complex forms. There are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('A medical student gain', 'doing internship help'), incorrect verb tenses ('students studing in abroad cannot arrange'), and fragment sentences ('which affect both the'). These persistent errors can cause difficulty for the reader and significantly impede the fluency of the text, fitting the Band 5 descriptors.

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