Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-13

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)

it often argued that students of university should do work along with their studies. Many universities in pakistan have their collaboration with international universities where we complete our degree's last duration but, unfortunately all universities are not facilitate their students with this facility

I believe that students should have part time spent on studying abroad through this they get enormus advatanges. While studing abroad we can get a better view point what are the international standards of education and why they have so much importance across the world. along with this how their environment helps you get successful furthermore, you get a international exposure and you can have a chance to meet with different people and build connection with them.

There are several disadvantage too for instance, you may got soime obstacles while you are in abroad. The main reason is that you not familiar with that enviorment you may have a language barrier their and along with that you might some problems regarding food and it may pretty hard for you study in a place which seems not comfortable along with that you need to work their for your survival. it can be tricky and hard to handle however, if you come over with these obsatcle you will have a very good life. According to me, it is really worth yes have some problems but we can fix them in couple of months and them we are comfortable there. it has much more advantages the disadvantages

To conclusion, Studying abroad can be considerable beacause of its life changing benefits, initially we have some problems but after some time we will familiar with it and comfortable. However, through this we got international exporsure and helpful for building good connections.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You address both sides of the question and give a clear overall view: studying abroad brings valuable benefits, and you believe these outweigh the difficulties. Relevant advantages include learning about international education standards and making connections, while you also mention language, food and adjustment challenges. This covers the task, but some points are asserted rather than fully explained. For example, “international standards of education” is not linked to a specific effect on students’ future study or employment, and the work-placement option in the prompt receives little attention. Develop one or two examples in more detail and explain why the benefits are greater than the costs to make your argument more convincing.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, a paragraph on advantages, a paragraph on disadvantages and a conclusion. The reader can generally follow your position, and transitions such as “along with this,” “however” and “To conclusion” signal relationships between ideas. However, several sentences run together or contain multiple points without clear boundaries, especially in the paragraph beginning “There are several disadvantage too.” Some linking phrases are repeated, and references such as “through this” are not always precise. Use shorter, clearly punctuated sentences, organise each paragraph around a main point, and connect examples directly to that point to create smoother progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “international exposure,” “language barrier” and “build connection,” which helps communicate your main ideas. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation and spelling problems make parts of the response less natural or occasionally difficult to understand. Examples include “part time spent on studying abroad,” “a international exposure” and “come over with these obsatcle.” Some key terms, such as “advantages” and “problems,” are also repeated rather than varied. Build a bank of accurate phrases for education and work placements, check spelling carefully, and choose collocations that express your meaning precisely.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, including a conditional idea in “if you come over with these obsatcle you will have a very good life.” This shows an effort to explain relationships between ideas, but complex sentences are often not controlled, and errors in basic sentence construction occur throughout. For instance, “it often argued” is missing an auxiliary, “all universities are not facilitate” has an incorrect verb pattern, and “you may got” uses the wrong verb form. Articles, agreement and punctuation also need attention. Practise forming complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, then check verb forms and sentence boundaries before adding more clauses.

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