Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-09-19

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 4.5)

Yes, I agree for the given statement which is living in a country where I have to speak a foreign language can cause serious social problrms, as well as practical problems.

I agree with this statement why because I live in a such country there are more over 1000 thousand's of launguage . But in india they speak in their mother tounge because in different states people speak different kind of languages .

So, suddenly when you say speak in foreign language like example : english .

we may faces many problems like speaking reading writting and mainly for a communication without knowning the perfect language surving is impossible why because while speaking what we speak we don't know and what he or they understand we don't know for these reason seaking a foreign can cause serious social problrms, as well as partical problems .

We may face many problems in pracitical problems like speaking, listining, reading, and major for communacation and some people may understand but most of them are not aware of foreign language that's the reason I agree we may face problems in social problems and as well as practical problems.

On other hand what I think is learning a foregin language may not cause any serios problem by learning new language it may help in communiction skills.

My Conclusion is speaking foeign language can cause serious social problems , as well as parctical problems because we are speaking our native language scince our childhood but now suddenly speaking a forgin launguage can cause serious social problems and as well as the practical problems .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response attempts to address the prompt by discussing both social and practical problems of speaking a foreign language. However, the position is sometimes unclear and confused by conflicting statements, such as briefly considering the opposite view before returning to agreement. The ideas remain largely under-developed, repetitive, and rely on generalized assertions rather than full elaboration or robust examples. For instance, the mention of India with 'more over 1000 thousand's of launguage' is confused and lacks clarity in supporting the prompt. Because the main parts of the task are touched upon but lack sufficient extension and deep development, the response best fits the criteria for Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.5

The essay displays some basic organization with distinct paragraphs, including an introduction and a conclusion. However, there is a lack of overall logical progression, and the transitions between ideas are abrupt and awkward, such as starting paragraphs with 'So, suddenly when you say...' and 'On other hand what I think is...'. Cohesive devices are used mechanically or are inadequate, and referencing is frequently unclear, making the flow disjointed. Paragraphing is attempted but misused, with single-sentence paragraphs disrupting the structural coherence. These issues place the response firmly at Band 4.5.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is basic, repetitive, and heavily restricted. The student frequently repeats key terms from the prompt, such as 'social problems', 'practical problems', and 'foreign language', without demonstrating variety. Furthermore, there are numerous severe spelling errors throughout the text, including 'problrms', 'launguage', 'tounge', 'writting', 'knowning', 'seaking', 'partical', 'listining', 'communacation', 'foregin', 'serios', 'scince', and 'forgin'. These lexical limitations and frequent spelling mistakes noticeably strain the reader and obscure meaning in places, corresponding to a Band 4.0 descriptor level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The response exhibits a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying heavily on simple sentences and faulty attempts at complex forms. There are frequent, pervasive errors in punctuation, sentence boundary construction, and basic syntax. For example, run-on sentences and fragmented thoughts are common, such as 'I agree with this statement why because I live in a such country there are more over 1000 thousand's of launguage.' Subject-verb agreement errors and awkward prepositions further diminish control. Because errors are frequent, distort meaning at times, and impede the reading process, the grammar aligns with Band 4.0.

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