Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-11-05

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

Some people say that in all levels of education, from primary schools to universities, too much time is spent on learning facts and not enough on learning practical skills.

Do you agree or disagree?

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

 

Student answer (Band 5.5)

It is argued that insted of leaning practical skills, students from teenangers to adults should mainly focused to learn facts during their entire education levels, wheather it is primary education or any university. However,I,believe both aspects are viral for the overall growth of the juvinel to become adult, so, I , somewhat disgree regarding this phenomenon, and here are my opinions.

Firstly, leaning facts play utmost necessary role bacause its increase the horrizon of knowledge about what is the actual meaning of life, and how's things are actually work. In other words, reading or watching real survival stories are fun until someone not experince that thrill in real life.Therefore, having knowledge about facts gives you a glimps and rational thinking about the survial. Secondly, the new world order is the classic examples of the notion and gives the fact that the more humans pollute mother earth the more its harder to sustain there. In the same way, the more powerful any nation is the more they can dominate the world socity, like U.S and Chaina.

On the other hand, practical skills give real life experince that someoen could use to gain more achievement in their career as popular quote said "Sky has no limits". Moreover, practical knowledge wheather in studies like medical, biolodgy and science, and job like astronounts or hiking on monutains creates masive job opportnities that someone could awarded with the highest award of achivements.

To conclude, although I agree that facts are so unique aspest of the life but I believe that practical skill should also be consider to important.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You express a position—“I, somewhat disagree”—and consider both factual learning and practical skills, so the response is relevant to the question. However, the position is not fully clear: the opening says students should mainly focus on facts, while the conclusion says practical skills should also be considered important, without explaining how these views support your degree of disagreement. Several points are only briefly stated. For example, the discussion of pollution and powerful nations does not clearly show why schools spend too much time on facts, and the examples of medical study, astronomy and hiking are not developed to demonstrate the value of practical learning. Explain your central argument directly and support each main point with a specific educational example.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, a paragraph beginning “Firstly,” a contrasting paragraph beginning “On the other hand,” and a conclusion. These markers help readers follow the broad movement from facts to practical skills. However, progression within paragraphs is sometimes unclear, and connections between examples and the main argument are not always explicit. For instance, the references to survival stories, pollution and national power appear together, but their relationship to the question about time spent in education is difficult to follow. Some linking phrases, such as “In the same way,” signal a connection without making the comparison clear. Build each paragraph around one main idea, then explain how its example supports your position; make the conclusion restate that position more precisely.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt a range of topic-related vocabulary, including “practical skills,” “rational thinking,” “job opportunities” and “survival stories.” This gives you some means of discussing education and its possible outcomes. However, the range is limited by frequent spelling errors and inaccurate word choices that can make meaning difficult to understand, such as “viral” for “vital,” “horrizon” for “horizon,” and “survial” for “survival.” Some phrases are also unnatural or imprecise: “highest award of achievements” does not clearly express the intended idea, and “new world order” is not an apt description of the pollution example. Check spelling carefully and choose familiar, precise collocations rather than attempting expressions whose meaning is unclear.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast introduced by “although” and explanations beginning “In other words.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and frequent errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and punctuation sometimes make the message difficult to follow. Examples include “students … should mainly focused,” “its increase,” and “the more they can dominate,” where the verb forms or sentence construction need correction. The opening also contains confusing punctuation around “However, I believe,” and the final sentence lacks a clear grammatical structure. Practise building accurate subject–verb patterns first, then add subordinate clauses. For example, use “students should focus” and “this increases,” and check each sentence for a clear subject and main verb.

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