Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-10-04

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 5.0)

Learning a language is an art which helps to communicate better, express your feelings, and share thoughts with others. If learning only limited to travel or work is also valuable if you are meeting the requirements and achieveing your goals. Other reason of learning a language like for communication, making new friends or to understand other culture is also very important in a foreigh country.

Firstly, in a foriegn country, for a basic interaction with others you must have enough knowledge or learning which enable you to ask question, to speak or even if you have any kind of emergency you can ask or call people easily for help. To interact or to expand your network, communication is always a key, to maintain your social interaction to expand your social network. Doing grocery, shopping for communication in same language is also very important. Finding a better opportunity in other country is a key motivation to many people who wants to grow for a better life. To get ease in understanding a new culture, language is a pillar to communicate with local people or with community.

Conversely, most people has a very limited mindset, they always close with their work where they don't feel better to interact with others. Sometimes, people with short time are unable to explore more options or give time to learn language for other better purpose.

However, both views has it own values, learning a foreign language support in better options or give more exposure to think broader whereas limitations pertain to work prespective is also align with time limitations.

In conclusion, people explore for communication, to exchange or express thoughts with others in a form of language despite of work or travel purpose. On the other hands, time constrainst has a barrier in learning a foreign language.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response addresses the task only partially. While the prompt asks to discuss both views and give a personal opinion, the student's position is not always clearly stated or sustained throughout the response. Ideas tend to be limited and under-developed, relying on repetition rather than deep elaboration. For instance, the mention of communication, making new friends, and understanding culture in the introduction is revisited in the body paragraphs without significant extension or clear examples. The conclusion attempts to summarize the views, but the arguments remain somewhat superficial and lack the fully developed reasoning expected at higher bands.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some basic organization present, with an attempt at paragraphing, but the essay lacks clear overall progression. Cohesive devices are used, but they are sometimes inadequate, inaccurate, or repetitive, such as the frequent reliance on words like 'Firstly', 'Conversely', and 'However' without always connecting the logical flow smoothly. Referencing and paragraph transitions can be mechanical, leading to a disjointed feel between sentences. For example, the transition from discussing travel and work requirements to general communication feels abrupt, and the internal structure of the body paragraphs often circles back on itself without moving the argument forward.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary range is limited but minimally adequate to convey basic ideas. There are noticeable spelling and word choice errors throughout the text, such as 'achieveing', 'foreigh', 'foriegn', 'prespective', and 'constrainst'. While these errors do not completely obscure communication, they frequently cause the reader some difficulty and reflect a lack of precision in word form and spelling. The writer attempts some less common vocabulary, such as 'exposure' and 'perspective', but inaccurate collocations and persistent spelling lapses restrict the score to this band level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response displays a limited range of sentence structures. When the writer attempts complex sentences, they are often faulty, featuring frequent errors in grammar, agreement, and punctuation. Examples include 'If learning only limited to travel or work is also valuable if you are meeting the requirements and achieveing your goals' and 'both views has it own values'. There are frequent errors in verb forms, prepositions, and subject-verb agreement, which cause noticeable difficulty for the reader and demonstrate a lack of firm control over complex grammatical patterns.

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