Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-04
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)
Languages can play a significant role in the cultural diversity. Moving to another country where people speak a different language can be a difficult experience. While some people believe that technology makes life easier for foreigners today, I strongly agree that language barriers cause major practical and social issues in daily life.
On one hand, speak a foreign language can cause somepractical problem. First of all, foreign language difficult because everydaycomunication for local language. However, moving another country that time ardous moments to the speak foregin language conversation. whenever, some health regarted issue that time coversation to doctor health related , at that time cannot proper communication to the doctor, doctor cannot understand your language that time some misinformation create. Secondly, doing official works that uphill task formoving foregin country people. Eventually, cannot work on the research peper as well as some company also job depends on the communication skills.
On the other hand, language problems also create serious social issues. When people live in a new country, they want to make local friends and feel comfortable. But if they cannot speak well, they feel shy and nervous to talk to locals. Because of this, many foreigners feel lonely, sad, and seperate from society. Furthermore, foriegin people also discrimination by other country people.
In conclusion, I agree that living in a foreign language country causes many practical and social problems. Even though technology helps a little bit, people still need to learn the local language to have a good life abroad. Eventually, internet learn all lamguages by smarth phone through internet.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0
The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing both practical and social problems associated with living in a foreign language country, presenting a clear position throughout. The main ideas are relevant, covering medical issues and administrative tasks in the body paragraphs, followed by social isolation and discrimination. However, some ideas are more fully developed than others. For instance, the second body paragraph quickly moves through several points like medical consultations and official work without providing fully extended explanations or concrete examples from personal knowledge. To reach a higher level, the writer needs to explore each main point in greater depth, ensuring that arguments are thoroughly supported with well-developed explanations rather than relying on brief statements.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The essay displays a coherent overall arrangement with a clear introduction and conclusion, and the response is divided into logical paragraphs. The writer uses basic cohesive devices such as 'On one hand', 'On the other hand', and 'In conclusion' to signal the structure of the essay. However, cohesion is sometimes faulty or mechanical. Referencing and logical progression within the body paragraphs are occasionally unclear due to abrupt transitions, such as jumping between different ideas without smooth linking phrases. To improve, the writer should use a wider variety of cohesive devices more naturally and ensure that sentences flow logically from one to the next, enhancing the overall readability of the text.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.5
The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully incorporating terms such as 'cultural diversity', 'barrier', and 'discrimination'. However, there are noticeable limitations in lexical control, including frequent errors in word form, choice, and spelling. Examples of such issues include 'somepractical problem', 'comunication', 'ardous', 'regarted', 'peper', and 'seperate'. Furthermore, expressions like 'moving foregin country people' demonstrate unnatural collocations. While these lexical slips and errors do not entirely impede communication, they restrict the vocabulary score. To progress, the writer must expand their control of word formation, check spelling carefully, and use more precise phrasing.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
The essay features a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating an attempt to construct varied sentence types. There are, however, frequent grammatical errors, particularly regarding verb forms, subject-verb agreement, and missing prepositions or articles. Examples include 'speak a foreign language can cause', 'foreign language difficult because everyday comunication for local language', and 'foriegin people also discrimination by other country people'. While some complex structures are attempted, many contain errors that require the reader to interpret the intended meaning. To achieve a higher band, the writer needs to increase the proportion of error-free sentences, improve control over basic sentence architecture, and refine the accuracy of verb tenses and auxiliary verbs.
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