minutes on this task It is said that "Not everything that is learned is contained in books". Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?
Sample Response
Books are the great source of information since the dawn of time. Throughout history, books have passed informationbooks passed the information from generation to generation. What we study in our educationeducational life helps us in our careersin our professional life. In this essayIn the following paragraphs, I will explain my point of view.
Firstly, information gained from books are as important as from gaining experience, books help us to learn basic knowledge we can call it a guide for professional life. For instance, my friend Asif recently startedstart working as an accountant and he told me that what he had studiedhe told me that what I studied atin university through books was very helpful in professional practiceis very helpful in practical life. This makes it clear that learning from books helps uslearning books help us in theour future.
In additionIn addition to this, knowledgeKnowledge gained through experience help us to understand more clearly what we read in bookswhat we read in the book. For example, my friend Junaid told me that when he wants to go somewhere for dinner, outing or a strange place he also uses his street directory for directions rather than GPS because next time it will be easy to go to the same place without a street directory. This makes it clear that learning from booksLearning from book and using it in practical lifeuse that in practical life increase our knowledge.
To sum up, whatever we study in a book is as important as learning through experience. It has been proven that both are very important for learning. Therefore,Thus, it is recommended that knowledge gained from books andor experience is never useless; it willnever useless it will help us at some point in our futuresomewhere in our future life so keep learning.
Why this response received Band 5.5
The response gives a clear view that books and experience are equally valuable and follows a recognisable introduction-body-conclusion structure. However, the comparison is fairly limited, the examples do not always demonstrate the claimed point clearly, and frequent sentence-level errors weaken fluency. The highest priority is to build a direct comparison around distinct benefits of each source and support it with concise, logically connected examples.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
Both sources are discussed and the equal-importance position is clear, but the contrast and supporting explanations remain limited.
Compare a distinct strength of book knowledge with a distinct strength of experience, then explain why neither is more important overall.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response has clear paragraph boundaries and an understandable overall sequence, though internal progression is weakened by run-on sentences and repetitive linking.
Give each body paragraph one controlling idea and connect its explanation and example with shorter, logically ordered sentences.
Lexical Resource
There is sufficient vocabulary to discuss learning and professional life, but repetition and inaccurate collocations frequently reduce naturalness.
Use more precise phrases such as knowledge gained from books and applying knowledge in practice while avoiding repeated formulaic conclusions.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Meaning is generally accessible, but frequent errors in agreement, verb forms, articles, sentence boundaries, and capitalization limit control.
Prioritise complete sentence boundaries and correct subject-verb forms before attempting longer compound or complex structures.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
minutes on this task It is said that "Not everything that is learned is contained in books". Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?
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