People who have original ideas are of much greater value to society than those who are simply able to copy the ideas of others well. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Sample Response
People who have original ideas are of much greater value to society than those who are simply able to copy the idea of others well. Agree or disagree? In the history of humankind, people have been attempting to make substantial advancesfacilitate numerous leaps and bounds in their liveslife by sharing their ideas with one anothersharing their idea to each other. In this regard, societies highly appreciate those who contribute original ideasprovide their original opinions while those who emulate others' ideas are consideredemulate others idea considered less valuable. From my point of view, this is open to debate. The first justification that supports those who copy others' instructionssupports those copying others instructions is that they realiserealised theany pros and cons of the situation that might arisedilemma that might occur and the outcome is largely predictable to everyonealmost obvious for all. In addition, it is noteworthy that people prefer to put forward those ideas that have been tested several timesopinions which have tested several times. Taking teachers as an example, they tend to imitatehave an inclination to mimic the skills that their predecessors usedprecedence ones applied in the educational system to transfer knowledge to students, so it would be unfair to underestimateit is unfair if we underestimate their efforts. Despite those points mentioned above in favour of emulators, an overt advantage of having creative people in a society is the creation of novel solutionsis novel solutions for some problems that may ariseproblems which will appear. An innovative person is admirable in each country due to the fact that he/she has the ability to think quicklyhas a power of thinking quickly and making an appropriate decision. Furthermore, these people are considered intelligentconsidered as intelligent and demonstrate initiativebear dynamism both at work and in their familieseither in the work ambience and their family. Therefore, on the ground of these positive elements, they are much more admirable. To summarise, although emulating others idea is considered boring and under value, we should not overlook the side of the fact that it has several valuable experiences behind itself. However, I believe that innovative people are much more worthwhile.
Why this response received Band 6.0
The response’s strongest feature is its attempt to consider the value of both imitation and originality before reaching a clear final preference for innovators. Its main limitation is that several arguments are expressed vaguely and the single-block presentation weakens the progression. The highest-priority improvement is to organise the two sides into distinct paragraphs and explain each claim in accurate, direct language with a specific supporting example.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
The response addresses the issue and gives a final position, but the initial stance is vague and several supporting ideas are insufficiently explained.
State the degree of agreement clearly in the introduction and develop why innovators create greater social value with a concrete example.
Coherence and Cohesion
The sequence from imitation to innovation and conclusion is discernible, but the absence of paragraphs and mechanical linking reduce clarity.
Separate the introduction, each side of the argument, and the conclusion into purposeful paragraphs with clear topic sentences.
Lexical Resource
There is an adequate range of vocabulary and some less common items, but frequent inaccurate collocations and word choices reduce precision.
Replace expressions such as precedence ones, bear dynamism, and under value with natural, context-appropriate wording.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The response uses both simple and complex forms, though recurring agreement, possessive, article, and passive-form errors are noticeable.
Prioritise plural and possessive accuracy and check that passive clauses include the required form of be.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
People who have original ideas are of much greater value to society than those who are simply able to copy the ideas of others well. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
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