Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-08-02

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people say that the only reason for learning a foreign language is in order to travel to or work in a foreign country. Others say that these are not the only reasons why someone should learn a foreign language.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 6.5)

The language is an important medium for connecting to the people, who belongs from other countries, community and culture. Nowadays, learning foreign language is very important for making good currer pathways as well as for growth in personality. Therefor, some population of the world believes that the sole purpose of learning a foreign language is only for travel or to work in other country. While, some peoples thinks that, Travel and work to other countries are not only reasons for learning a foreign language. My views and opinion about the statement are as follows.

As considering the views regarding learning a foreign language for only work and travel to other countries, Communication and financial gain plays bigger role in other countries through their local language. Due to understanding a foreign language, Any person can gain financial benefit. While doing work in other countries, A language understanding make person confident at the workplace and that confidence give good growth at the workplace. By that, Financial gain can be obtein in form of incentive, promotion and high wage job. The communication is a best way to connect with the local people and their culture at the time of handling. It gives very special feeling by the host when guest can understand their language and tradition. By language of other countries, The information of person can be explore more.

On contrary, Learning a foreign language is very important in other area like expanding business at international level, study abroad, learning different liturature etc. rather than only for work or travelling other countries. For expanding business at International level, Every businessman should learn local language for understanding market trends of that country by that business can be suese successful. For getting education, Understanding a language of foreign is mandatory, because as international student, learning foreign language give them opportunity to get good grade and currer in other country. Another most important reason for learning a foreign language is good command on the liturature. That will give better opportunities for writing any thing in a foreign country's language. That make self worth of the learner.

As per my opinion, A learning a foreign language is very benetical for any reasons like working, studying, travelling and business. A learning a language give confidence as well as gain in finance and in career. Thus, a foreign language is very important irrespective of reasons.

In conclusion, A learning a foreign language is benefical for any reason. The language gives financial benefit, career growth, confidence, commend on liturature. And it is also important for connecting peoples of other countries and their culture.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The response addresses all parts of the prompt by discussing both views and providing a clear personal opinion. The ideas are relevant, covering financial gain, career growth, business expansion, and literature. However, the development of these ideas is somewhat repetitive and lacks depth. For instance, the argument about 'financial gain' is mentioned in multiple paragraphs without significant expansion. While the position is clear, the supporting points could be more nuanced to reach a higher band. The structure is logical, but the content feels a bit thin in terms of critical analysis.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The essay is organized into clear paragraphs, which helps the reader follow the progression of ideas. There is an attempt to use cohesive devices such as 'On contrary', 'Thus', and 'In conclusion'. However, some of these transitions are used incorrectly or sound unnatural (e.g., 'On contrary' should be 'On the contrary'). Additionally, the referencing is sometimes unclear, and the flow between sentences is occasionally mechanical. While the overall arrangement is coherent, the lack of sophisticated linking words and some awkward phrasing prevents a higher score.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The vocabulary is adequate for the task, but it is often repetitive and lacks precision. There are several instances of word-choice errors and non-standard collocations, such as 'currer pathways' (career pathways), 'obtein' (obtain), and 'commend on liturature' (command of literature). The range of vocabulary is limited, and the student struggles to use less common lexical items accurately. To improve, the student should focus on learning word families and collocations rather than relying on basic, sometimes misused, terminology.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The essay contains a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but there are frequent grammatical errors throughout. Common issues include incorrect article usage (e.g., 'A learning a foreign language'), subject-verb agreement errors (e.g., 'some peoples thinks'), and punctuation mistakes. While these errors do not completely impede communication, they are persistent and occur in almost every sentence. The student needs to focus on basic sentence construction and proofreading to eliminate these frequent slips.

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