IELTS Task 2 discussion essay: Parents telling children stories
A Task 2 discussion question. Explain both views fairly, then give your own opinion. The question asks for all three, so an essay on one side only answers part of it.
2 students’ essays below, each marked by Axiom, all band 6.5. Updated on 6 August 2026.
The question
Some people believe that it is important for parents to tell or read stories for their children. Others think that parents don’t have to do this because children can learn stories from books, TV, and movies.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Students’ essays on this question, marked by Axiom
Real answers, shared without their writers’ names, newest first. Each opens with its revisions marked in place. Estimated by AI. It isn’t an official IELTS score.
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Essay #2
Task response 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 6.0
In the contemporary world, there is an ongoing debate which some people believe that it is important for parents to tell or read stories for their children, while others…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Essay #1
Task response 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 6.0
There is ongoing debate which one is important to listening story, while some consider that parents should be responsible for it, others believe that modern technology…
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