Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-18

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 5.5)

Languages make humanbeings ore civilised.it is a medium of commuinication and the exchange of ideas.it helps human beings to think intellectually and contribute to the society.Languages are also the medium to transfer the knowlege across the generations.Considering all these aspects its relevance is vast.Let us delve into modernday factors that make people learn a foreign language.

First of all these days people are migrating more coz in search of more oppurtunities in educaton and job setor.Most people consider learning the native language of a particular county may ptovide more oppurtunities like searching for job and communicating with the native people etc.Yeah definitely it may help to assimilate their culture also.But does the possibilities end there ?

Incase of travellling also learning a newlanguage helps.In an era of technology where there are lot of translating devices,nothing can replace direct human level interaction.The devices and translators sometimes wont communicate the excact idea.Even incase of Artificial intelligent devices error is prone.They only respond from the data which was fed before.

Letus examine the other areas of new language learning.Learning a new language helps to develop psychological and Coginitive abilities of the humanbeings.Learning a new language fires and wires different parts of the brain.More than that it helps in improving memory.Sometime it improves our pronounciation and accent also.Thats the reasons many schools are implementing it in their Curriculam,a second language.Some pople take it as hobby.Learning new language can enhance ones creativity and imagination also.Consider reading a book ,each person may imagine differently or interpret the writing differently.it definitely helps in improving the overall functions of the brain.

Now when we consider about the other aspects such as knowing various cultures,geography,politics etc learning a foreign language helps us most.When we use a regions inherent language to learn about the people and culture of that country ,we can truely immerse ourselves in that.Various examples in History shows that many great personalities travelled acreoss continents and learned different languages and excelled in their careers.For example barack Obama from Africa to UnitedStates into President of unitedStates.

By analysing all the above facors ,the benefits of learning a new language is many .It adress both the physical,psychological and also the spiritual needs.The language is not only an object to fullfill the Physcial needs like finding job and to travel,but also it touches the human life in very deep ways.Thus learning new language may open new doors and into the world of endless possibilities.It doesnt matter which age you are now .be a life long learner.This attitude helps

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response addresses all parts of the task by discussing both views—that learning a foreign language is solely for travel or work, and that there are other reasons—while also providing a clear personal opinion. Ideas are extended and supported, such as the exploration of cognitive benefits, cultural immersion, and technological limitations in translation. However, there are some minor tendencies to over-generalise or drift into slightly disconnected points, such as the mention of Barack Obama, which is factually odd in this context. Overall, the prompt requirements are fully met with relevant, developed ideas, aligning well with a Band 6.5 to 7.0 profile. We award a Band 6.5 because some arguments lack precise focus and development.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay displays a coherent overall arrangement with a clear attempt to structure ideas into distinct paragraphs examining different angles of the topic. However, cohesion is frequently faulty and mechanical. There are numerous punctuation and spacing errors throughout the text, such as missing spaces after periods (e.g., 'civilised.it', 'ideas.it'), run-on phrasing, and erratic paragraphing conventions. Cohesive devices are sometimes used awkwardly or omitted entirely, resulting in choppy transitions between sentences. Paragraphing is present, but the logical progression within paragraphs is occasionally disrupted by mechanical issues and disjointed phrasing. This performance is characteristic of Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting less common items such as 'assimilate', 'cognitive', 'immersive', and 'profoundly'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including 'humanbeings', 'commuinication', 'knowlege', 'modernday', 'oppurtunities', 'educaton', 'setor', 'ptovide', 'Incase', 'travellling', 'newlanguage', 'excact', 'Coginitive', 'pronounciation', 'Curriculam', 'pople', 'acreoss', 'facors', 'adress', and 'fullfill'. These frequent lexical and spelling errors occasionally cause difficulty for the reader and restrict the score to Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some ambition with conditional and relative clauses (e.g., 'When we use a regions inherent language to learn about the people...'). However, there is a high frequency of grammatical and punctuation errors, including missing articles, subject-verb agreement issues ('Various examples in History shows', 'the benefits of learning a new language is'), and severe punctuation neglect (lacking spaces after terminal punctuation and commas). While meaning is generally retrievable, the sheer density of structural slips and punctuation flaws places this response firmly in the Band 5.0 category.

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