Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-22

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The charts below show the number of French adults whose parents spoke a French regional language to them when they were children and the number who speak a French regional language to their own children.

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

Number of adults (in thousands) whose parents spoke a regional language to them in childhood

Student answer (Band 5.0)

the chart illustrate the number of french adults whoes parents spoke a french regional language during childhood, campre the number of adults who currrently speak a regional language to theri own childhood.

overall, there is a clear genreatonal decline in the transmission of regional language across all categaories. in every case some adults these languages children received from their parents.

Occitan and Alsatian are the most prominent regional languages represented. While a 600 number of adults were spoken to in Occitan or Alsatian as children, transmission rates to the next generation drop dramatically. Breton, Catalan, and Corsican show similar downward trends, though starting from smaller baseline populations.

Across the board, the data highlights a sharp reduction in regional language usage within French families between generations, pointing to a potential decline in the long-term preservation of these regional dialects.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response attempts to describe the main trends shown in the charts, noting the generational decline in regional language transmission. However, the text falls short of the 150-word minimum requirement, containing only 138 words, which impacts Task Achievement. Furthermore, there are some inaccuracies in reporting data; for example, the student mentions "Catalan", which is not present in the provided chart, and the phrasing "a 600 number of adults were spoken to" is confusing and inaccurate. While an overview is provided, the development of supporting data is somewhat limited due to the brevity of the response.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The essay is divided into paragraphs, which helps establish a basic structure and overall progression. Transitional phrases such as "overall" and "while" are used to attempt logical connections between ideas. However, referencing is sometimes unclear, and cohesive devices are occasionally mechanical or faulty, such as the awkward sentence "in every case some adults these languages children received from their parents." Paragraphing is visible, but the logical flow is disrupted by grammatical gaps and imprecise referencing.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student attempts some subject-specific vocabulary such as "generational decline", "transmission rates", and "regional dialects". However, there are numerous spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including "whoes" instead of "whose", "campre" instead of "compare", "currrently" instead of "currently", "theri" instead of "their", and "categaories" instead of "categories". These lexical and spelling inaccuracies restrict the score to Band 5.0, as they occasionally impede communication and show a limited control of word formation.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The response contains a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but grammatical accuracy is low. There are frequent errors in verb forms, subject-verb agreement, and prepositions, such as "the chart illustrate" (instead of illustrates), "adults whose parents spoke... campre the number" (missing syntax/conjunction), and "adults were spoken to in Occitan or Alsatian as children" (misuse of passive structure). These errors are frequent and cause difficulty for the reader, placing the response in the Band 5 range for grammar.

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