Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-14

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)

Language plays a crucial role in individuals' lives. A group of people believe that resident in a particular country and citizens have to speak foreign language leads to serious social crisis and several problems which are created by others. In my opinion, I completely disagree with this topic, because being a multi lingual skill has enormous benefits such as, people has opportunities to work in plenty of international companies. Apart from this, students have chance to study abroad.

To begin with, there are numerous foreign industries require a higher number of work forces, because of the increasing demand of the products as well as commercial goods. At that movement foreign countries offer different types of job vacancies into other countries. If the other country people can able to speak a foreign language. As a consequence, it is beneficial for both people as well as company. It may leads to decrease the risk of social crisis. To cite an example, as per a recent survey of Commercial market there are thousands of workers moved in a foreign country.

Furthermore, another major reason is education, because rapid urbanization cause demand of skill workers. In addition, today's technological world older workers cannot deal with new instruments. As a result, there are many universities provide free education. If the students are capable to speak foreign language so they can easily get foreign education and it also minimal chances of practical problems. For instance, as per a survey of Oxford university 6 million students are travelled for higher education.

To conclude, due to shortage of human beings. Each and every individuals not only understand others value, but also give respect. Those are the major aspects has decreased the chance to social as well as practical problems.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You state a clear position—“I completely disagree”—and give two relevant areas, employment and education, to support it. However, the response only partly addresses the central claim about social and practical problems: it mainly lists benefits of speaking another language rather than explaining directly how language ability prevents or causes these problems. The employment paragraph includes a relevant link to social crisis, but the explanation is unclear, and the education paragraph focuses on access to study rather than practical difficulties of daily life. The examples attributed to a commercial-market survey and Oxford University are not explained or connected convincingly to the argument. Develop each point with a clear cause-and-effect explanation and address both types of problems explicitly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion, and signposting such as “To begin with,” “Furthermore” and “To conclude” helps identify the main sections. However, progression within paragraphs is not always clear: the discussion moves from industry demand to job vacancies and then to social crisis without fully explaining the links. Some conditional sentences are left incomplete, such as “If the other country people can able to speak a foreign language.” The conclusion introduces “shortage of human beings” and respect for others, ideas that have not been developed in the body. Use clearer topic sentences, connect each supporting example directly to its main point, and make the conclusion summarise the argument already presented.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “international companies,” “commercial goods,” “urbanization” and “higher education.” This gives you some range, but several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unclear, which sometimes makes the intended meaning difficult to follow. For example, “social crisis” is used where a more precise description of social problems is needed, and “at that movement” does not express the intended time relationship. Phrases such as “a higher number of work forces” and “minimal chances of practical problems” are also unnatural. Build accuracy by learning common word partnerships and checking whether each phrase expresses the intended meaning; avoid using formal-sounding vocabulary when a simpler, precise expression is available.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and complex forms, including sentences beginning with “because,” “If” and “As a result.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and errors in agreement, verb forms, articles and sentence construction frequently affect clarity. Examples include “people has opportunities,” “foreign industries require a higher number,” and “it may leads.” The conditional “If the other country people can able to speak…” is not grammatically complete, while “there are many universities provide free education” combines structures incorrectly. Practise building complete clauses and checking subject–verb agreement and verb forms. For instance, use “people have opportunities,” “it may lead,” and “many universities provide free education.”

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