Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-08

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 5.5)

In today's era everybody discussed all bachlor learners should enrolled in abroad universities for studies ans vist out of the country for getting work oppertunities. Although, study and working out of the country people face financial and logistic peoblems during the travelling. I completely agreed on this view study and working abroad improve social skills and also help in term of economic stability.

On the first hand, enrolle in foreign acedemic environment assist students to become more social active. With the help of social skills they communicate different students who come from multiple nationalities and learn numerious languages. For example, a survey was conducted by national non profit organization in which they revealed that students who go abroad for higher studies are more social, intelligents and responsible towards their work then others students. Furthermore , they also highlight these students also feel more financial pressure in order to pay courses fees during that duration. Hence, it helps student to live more understandable life rather then depends on other people.

On the other side,during studies work placement help student to learn subject in a practicall form rather then learn theoritically. It assist in doing multiple techinical and operational task in excellent way. For example, if mechnical enginer has only theorical knowledge for make the compund rather then pratical experience, it create more blunder while they do some task related to them. Soetime, they stucked in some serious problem, they injurious to health.

In conclusion, getting practical knowledge in more beneficial it help in compete from the global competition and inhance way of doing task.This can be benefits for them financialy and mentally as well.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address the central question and state a clear view: “I completely agreed” that studying or working abroad is beneficial. The response gives relevant advantages, including developing social skills, learning from people of different nationalities, and gaining practical experience through a placement. You also acknowledge financial and logistical difficulties, so both sides of the issue are present. However, the comparison of advantages and disadvantages is not fully developed: the financial pressure is mentioned but not explained or weighed against the benefits, and logistical problems receive little discussion. The examples, such as the survey and mechanical engineer, support the general topic but need clearer detail and a more direct link to why the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Develop that comparison more explicitly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. The paragraphs broadly separate social benefits from practical work experience, and signposts such as “On the first hand,” “On the other side” and “In conclusion” help show the intended direction. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes difficult to follow. The survey sentence introduces financial pressure, then “Hence” appears to connect that drawback to a benefit without making the relationship clear. Some references, such as “it” and “them,” have uncertain antecedents, and the conclusion introduces a broad claim about global competition without clearly summarising the earlier comparison. Use clearer links between each claim and its explanation, and make the conclusion directly answer which side outweighs the other.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary relevant to education, employment and personal development, including “social skills,” “financial pressure,” “practical knowledge” and “global competition.” These choices show an effort to discuss the topic beyond very basic terms. However, the range is limited and many spelling, word-form and collocation errors make parts of the response difficult to understand, for example “bachlor learners,” “logistic peoblems,” “enrolle in foreign acedemic environment” and “inhance way of doing task.” Some phrases are also imprecise, such as “live more understandable life.” Aim to use fewer ambitious phrases but select them accurately, and check spelling and common word partnerships. More precise terms such as “international students,” “work placement” and “hands-on experience” would make your points clearer.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a concession in “Although…” and conditional reasoning in the mechanical-engineer example. This gives the response some structural variety. However, control is inconsistent, and errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction sometimes make meaning unclear. For instance, “everybody discussed all bachlor learners should enrolled” has an incorrect verb pattern, while “it assist” and “they stucked” show problems with agreement and verb forms. The opening “Although” clause is also left without a complete main clause, and several sentences run together or lack clear punctuation. Practise building accurate subject–verb–object sentences first, then add subordinate clauses, checking that each sentence has a complete structure and consistent verb forms.

See this exact question answered at other band scores. The same prompt compared across bands.

Browse more IELTS Writing model answers or get your own writing scored by the same AI examiner.