Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-03
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)
Living in the forigen country where one must communicate in a on native language can create a hurdel.I completly agree with this statemant that laguage barreres can creat both social and partical difficultes. On a social level an inability to speak local language leads to the isolation and culture difference. Langauge is the most valuable thing to make realtionships and bond with others.If the imigrantes cannot able to o communicate flueantly with others as well as in local circle they start felling lonley which leads to be depreased moreover unable to make good fallomates Practicaly, language barrer make obstacles in daily bases routien as wll as securing fanicialy.Everyday task like as shopping veggitabels , grocery , using public transport became exhausted challange.Moreover a language barrier can cause danger in health care segment like as and miscomunication with doctor can make danger.Further more propession opportunites are highly ristricted although a highly qualifed is unemployed wheras they do risked jobs and fell depresed . In conclussion,having to live in or function in langaguge bareer nation can creates a massive defficultes .Its restricting individuals scially by not having local circles which lead to issolation. Practically by being unemployed subcequantly having high qualified digrees or doing risk factor jobs
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0
The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing both the social and practical problems of living in a foreign country, thus taking a clear position of agreement. Relevant ideas are presented, such as isolation, difficulties in daily routines, and employment hurdles. However, some ideas are under-developed or lack sufficient explanation, such as the brief mentions of healthcare and career restrictions, which remain somewhat limited. Additionally, it must be noted that the response fails to meet the minimum word count requirement, falling significantly short of the two hundred and fifty-word threshold, which impacts the overall completeness of the task execution.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The essay presents a coherent overall arrangement with a recognizable introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion, maintaining a clear general progression of ideas. However, cohesion is frequently mechanical and sometimes faulty. Transitional phrases like 'On a social level', 'Practicaly', and 'In conclussion' are used to structure the text, but referencing and logical links between sentences are occasionally unclear, as seen in abrupt shifts between ideas in the body paragraphs. Furthermore, paragraphing is somewhat irregular, with the main body ideas clustered together rather than clearly separated into distinct topical units.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The writer demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting less common items such as 'isolation', 'depressed', and 'opportunities'. However, there are numerous noticeable errors in word choice, word formation, and spelling—such as 'forigen', 'hurdel', 'statemant', 'barreres', 'imigrantes', 'flueantly', 'fallomates', 'veggitabels', 'exhausted' instead of exhausting, and 'defficultes'. While communication is generally maintained despite these flaws, the frequent inaccuracies in spelling and collocation cause some difficulty for the reader and restrict the lexical score.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writer displays a limited range of structures, utilizing a mix of simple sentences alongside attempts at more complex forms. However, these attempts at complex sentences are frequently faulty, marred by frequent errors in basic grammar, articles, prepositions, and punctuation. Examples of structural and grammatical inaccuracies include missing articles ('leads to the isolation'), incorrect verb forms ('cannot able to o communicate', 'make obstacles'), and poor punctuation with missing spaces after periods. These errors persist throughout the text and cause frequent difficulty for the reader in parsing the intended meaning.
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