Many businesses find it very difficult to assign enough time and resources to research and development. What could a government do to encourage more company spending in this area?
Sample Response
With the increasing complexity in the field of science and technology, it is clearit has been proved that in order to survive in this global economy, businesses should spend more in the field of research. However, most of the timetimes, companies find it difficult to allocate adequate resources to research and development. In this essay, we will discuss how the government could play an essential role in encouragingplay an essential role to encourage companycompanies spending in this area. Firstly, governmentsthe governments could allocate a special grant or other financial aidgrant/aid for researchfor the research in their field of interest; in this way,, this way they can attract potential researchers in the field and in doing so, both businesses and the country would benefitin doing so both business and country would benefit. As we know about government grants in European countries for research in every field of science, commerce and technology. Secondly, governments could arrange a poster presentation competition, awarding the successful candidates with the opportunity to study further as well as to publishas well as of publishing their work in asome reputable journal. For instance, government-funded poster competitions occur in every public sector business school in Karachi each year. This has provided opportunities for promising candidatesopportunities to the bright candidates and has yieldedyielded us with an invaluable amount of research in this sector. Moreover, legislators could secure fundingarrange finances from other foreign investors in their desired fields of interestfield of interests. As for example, African countries received funds from US government for carrying out researches in the fields of science and commerce. Overall I believe that research is pivotal for any nation's development and there are several ways through which governments can play their essential role in solving the issue of resources.
Why this response received Band 6.0
The response presents several relevant ways governments could support research, especially grants and external funding, and it remains focused on the question. However, some proposals target researchers or general research activity rather than directly encouraging company spending, while examples are asserted rather than fully explained. Prioritise two clearly business-focused measures and develop how each would change firms’ incentives and investment decisions.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
The response offers several relevant government measures, but some are only indirectly connected to increasing company spending and are insufficiently developed.
Select two measures that directly affect business investment and explain the incentive mechanism and likely result for each.
Coherence and Cohesion
Ideas follow a recognisable sequence with clear signposting, although some loosely connected sentences and overloaded structures weaken progression.
Group each measure with its explanation and example in a distinct paragraph, using clearer sentence boundaries.
Lexical Resource
The response uses an adequate range of research and funding vocabulary, but several word choices and collocations are awkward or imprecise.
Use more precise combinations such as research funding, business investment, and fields of interest, and avoid nonstandard plurals such as researches.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A mixture of simple and complex structures is attempted, but frequent errors with articles, agreement, prepositions, and sentence boundaries reduce control.
Edit complex sentences into well-punctuated clauses and check articles, singular-plural agreement, and verb patterns systematically.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
Many businesses find it very difficult to assign enough time and resources to research and development. What could a government do to encourage more company spending in this area?
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