Several languages are in danger of extinction because they are spoken by very small numbers of people. Some people say that governments should spend public money on saving these languages, while others believe that would be a waste of money. Discuss both these views and give your opinion.
Sample Response
Language is a gateway to understandinggateway to knowing about any culture, tradition or country. It is observed that many languages are on the verge of extinction because they have few speakersdue to being less spoken by people. So, the government’s effort by pouring money to save these languages is sought, while others consider it a waste of money. FromIn my perspective, apart from spending money, making them compulsory school subjectsmaking them compulsory in school subjects and requiring their use in officesas well as in offices can help to save them.
Two commence with, and firstly, if governmental bodies utilize funds to save minority languages by making them compulsory to read as a subject from early years, then these can be saved. Extensive research is needed to encourage pupils to study themallure the pupils to read them because minority languages are often neglectedthese are often neglected due to their limited usetheir less usage either at work or at schooleither at work or school. For instance, now people are more modern, and they display less enthusiasm for underrated languages due to their less usability. But the government can do a great deal by publishing books and journals with respected academicsthe great academicians to present distinctive knowledgeto publish the rare facts that other languagesthe other languages do not have. Only then these can be read enthusiastically. If any government promotes a languagegrows the plant of language early in a child’s educationat the beginning of a child’s career, it may flourish in the futureit will flourish in the coming days.
Why this response received Band 5.0
The response develops one relevant case for government action and uses some ambitious vocabulary, but it leaves the opposing view essentially undiscussed, does not fully evaluate whether spending is wasteful, and ends without a conclusion. Its short length compounds this incomplete task coverage. The highest priority is to plan a complete response with separate treatment of both views and a clear opinion, then support each position with focused reasons and examples.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
The response develops support for preserving languages but omits the waste-of-money view, offers only a limited opinion, and is substantially under length.
Address both views in separate developed paragraphs and finish with an explicit judgement that directly answers the spending question.
Coherence and Cohesion
The introduction and single body paragraph provide a basic direction, but progression is incomplete and linking is often mechanical or unclear.
Use a complete four-paragraph plan with one controlling idea per body paragraph and clear logical movement between supporting points.
Lexical Resource
There is some range and ambition, but frequent inaccurate collocations and word choices make several ideas awkward to follow.
Choose common, precise expressions for language use, education, and government funding before attempting more elaborate vocabulary.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The response attempts complex sentences, but recurring errors in clause construction, articles, and phrasing reduce clarity and control.
Practise constructing accurate main-clause and subordinate-clause combinations, then proofread each sentence for articles and agreement.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
Several languages are in danger of extinction because they are spoken by very small numbers of people. Some people say that governments should spend public money on saving these languages, while others believe that would be a waste of money. Discuss both these views and give your opinion.
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