Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-31

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 5.0)

Nowaday, the imigration increasing in all the world and imigrate to a foreign country can cause you a vast of social problems. Not all the people speaking english. Every country have it own language and you suppose to learn it as well as practice. I believe that don't speak a foreign language absolutly cause social problems as well as practicing.

Well, speak a different language have many benefits. To begin with, learning a new languages might lead to upgrade your knowledge and communication skills. For example, talking with a foreign person or people and make new foreign contacts need practicing on their language. In fact, learning a new language can make the person educated in the eye of people. Which he can get a huge place on the community. In addition, majority of people need foeigns languages. They need it to study at the universities as well as at work, school and in the daily life. For instance, People who get visa to study, they must to have an certificate of language. Furhermore, Social media influencers and who provide a travel content. Major of time they roughly on foreigns countries and communicate with foreign people. The latter can speak with them because of their abilities to speak on differents languages and make contact with them.

In conclusion, people don't speaking local language where they live it is a huge problem. For that, people must learn it and make sure they are practice it in daily life enough to open conversations with local people.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You take a position that language difficulties can create social problems, and you include relevant points about communication, study, work and daily life. However, the response only partially addresses the question: much of the body explains the benefits of learning a language rather than showing how not speaking the local language causes serious social and practical problems. The opening claim that it causes problems is not developed with specific consequences, such as isolation, difficulty accessing services or misunderstandings at work. The conclusion repeats that learning the language is important but does not clearly weigh the extent of your agreement. To strengthen the response, state your degree of agreement directly and develop two or three consequences with clear examples.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a recognisable introduction, body and conclusion, and phrases such as “To begin with,” “In addition” and “For instance” help signal examples and additions. However, the progression is not consistently clear: the body shifts from the benefits of language learning to university requirements and then to social-media influencers, without linking these points back to the problems in the prompt. Some connections are also difficult to follow, particularly “Which he can get a huge place on the community.” Paragraphing is limited, and the conclusion largely repeats the opening idea rather than drawing together the argument. Organise the body around distinct social and practical problems, and use each paragraph’s opening sentence to make its main point clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “communication skills,” “foreign contacts,” “community” and “daily life.” These choices show an effort to discuss language, education and social interaction. However, the range is limited and several inaccurate word choices or spellings make parts of the message difficult to understand, such as “a vast of social problems,” “foeigns languages” and “roughly on foreigns countries.” Some expressions are also imprecise for the argument: “a huge place on the community” does not clearly convey the intended idea. Build a more accurate set of phrases for social isolation, access to services and workplace communication, and check spelling and collocations when revising.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You use some simple sentences and attempt longer structures with examples and subordinate clauses, but the range is limited and errors occur frequently. Subject–verb agreement is often inaccurate, as in “Every country have” and “speak a different language have many benefits.” Verb forms and sentence construction also cause problems in “people don't speaking local language” and “they must to have an certificate.” Articles, plurals and punctuation are inconsistent, and the fragment “Which he can get a huge place on the community” interrupts the meaning. These errors sometimes make the reader work to understand your point. Practise building accurate subject–verb sentences first, then add subordinate clauses while checking agreement, articles and verb patterns.

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