Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-11-12

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Living in a country where you have to speak a foreign language can cause serious social problems, as well as practical problems.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 5.5)

It's argued that residing in a nation where you have to converse in a foreign language can result in a social and practical problems. This essay totally agrees with that statement because it creates isolation leading to trauma and reduces the workmanship.

Living in a foreign land where its only native language used can lead to negative social well-being of a person because one can feel isolated due to the fact that he/she can't be conversant with the language spoken. He therefore resort to work and unwind away from peers. This results to development of trauma thereby makes one to be homesick.

For example, a chinese, speaking only in chinese language can not cope well when he lives in English speaking country and vice versa.

On the other hand, duelling in a country where you are required to speak the foreign language can prove to impact negatively on persons' morale on a certain work. This is by someone not able to communicate properly with his co-workers to make work easier by joining hands for one task, this therefore, reduces the workmanship of an individual creating a vacuum in terms of production.

For instance, in Elon musk industry, where production is subject to coordination between many individuals working against time, lack of proper communication can lead to low production and even assembling shoddy machines thereby making one to lose a well paying job due to lack of one common language.

In conclusion, eventhough native language is easier to use, the citizen should be lenient to non natives so that they don't get isolated and to also boost their woking morale by allowing them to use the languages they understand best.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear from the introduction: you fully agree that living through a foreign language can create social and practical difficulties. You address both areas, explaining isolation and homesickness in one paragraph and communication problems at work in the other, with examples to illustrate each. This covers the task, but some ideas are more fully explained than others. The social example about a Chinese speaker is broad and does not show a specific consequence, while the workplace example introduces production and job loss without fully explaining how these outcomes follow. Develop each point with a more precise, realistic example and explain the cause-and-effect link. The conclusion also shifts towards advice about how citizens should treat non-native speakers rather than directly reinforcing your extent of agreement.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure, with an introduction, separate paragraphs for social and practical problems, and a conclusion. The progression from isolation to workplace communication difficulties is easy to follow, and phrases such as “For example” and “On the other hand” help signal the relationship between ideas. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. In the first body paragraph, “He therefore resort to work and unwind away from peers” does not clearly explain the link between language difficulty and withdrawing from others. The second paragraph also repeats “therefore” and packs several consequences into one sentence. Use clearer referencing and vary linking expressions; make each paragraph’s main point explicit, then connect each supporting detail directly to it.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “isolated,” “co-workers,” “coordination,” and “production,” and you attempt some less common expressions. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or unnatural, which sometimes makes the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “reduces the workmanship” does not express reduced productivity, and “duelling in a country” appears to be an incorrect choice for living there. “Negative social well-being” and “lose a well paying job due to lack of one common language” are also awkward or imprecise. Spelling and word-form slips such as “eventhough” and “woking” further affect control. Build a reliable set of topic phrases and check whether each word fits its context and intended meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including clauses with “because,” “where,” and “thereby,” and the overall meaning is generally recoverable. However, some sentence structures and grammatical patterns are faulty. For example, “one can feel isolated … he/she can't be conversant” shifts from a general subject to a gendered pronoun, while “He therefore resort” has incorrect subject–verb agreement. The opening phrase “a social and practical problems” also has an article-and-number mismatch. Several sentences join multiple ideas without clear punctuation, particularly the sentence beginning “This is by someone not able to communicate.” Practise consistent subject–verb agreement, articles and plurals, and divide long sentences so that each clause has a clear grammatical structure.

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