Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-09-15

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 4.0)

Living in a state where you have to speak an international language can cause serious social problem, as well as practical problem. In this eassy, I strongly agree with this view point because social problem is more than practical problem.

When we live in a countery where we speak in a foreign language to communicate other people and easily transferd own message also other person can understand but we can facing some social problems. For example, sometimes use dificult words in social platform and we cannot understand. and we can use chat gpt to understand this word meanning.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response fails to meet the minimum length requirement of 250 words, coming in at only 98 words. Consequently, the task is only partially addressed. The writer states a position agreeing with the prompt, but the ideas are severely limited and under-developed. For instance, the argument that social problems outweigh practical problems is mentioned in the introduction but never substantiated with substantial reasoning or appropriate examples. The example provided about using ChatGPT to understand difficult words on social platforms is trivial and lacks depth. Due to the significant under-length penalty and lack of adequate development, this falls under Band 4.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The text shows some basic organizational structure with an introductory stance, but the overall progression is weak. Paragraphing is faulty, with the entire body of the response crammed into a single, poorly structured paragraph. Cohesive devices are minimal and basic, featuring repetitive conjunctions and referencing errors such as 'communicate other people' and 'also other person'. Although the text can be read sequentially, the lack of effective logical sequencing and appropriate paragraph breaks prevents the writing from achieving a higher band. Cohesion is mechanical and inadequate, aligning with the Band 4 descriptors.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The lexical range is very basic and repetitive. The student uses simple vocabulary such as 'social problem', 'practical problem', and 'foreign language' repeatedly throughout the short text. There are also notable word choice and collocation errors, such as 'transferd own message' and 'use dificult words in social platform'. Spelling errors, including 'eassy', 'countery', 'transferd', 'dificult', and 'meanning', further restrict the score. While the vocabulary is sufficient to convey a very basic gist of the writer's meaning, the frequency of errors and lack of sophisticated phrasing place this firmly at Band 4.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The grammatical range is extremely limited, relying heavily on basic, repetitive sentence structures. Attempts at complex sentences are faulty and poorly constructed, such as 'When we live in a countery where we speak in a foreign language to communicate other people and easily transferd own message also other person can understand but we can facing some social problems.' Punctuation is flawed, and there are frequent grammatical errors, including tense inconsistencies and missing prepositions ('facing some social problems' instead of 'face some social problems'). Because errors are frequent and occasionally obscure the exact meaning of the sentences, the response earns a Band 4 for grammar.

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