Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-24
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 charts given above provide us data on the use of regional languages in adults with their children helping us easily visualize and understand the data.
overall its is quiet clear that alsatian and occitan are the two most used regional langauages by parents with their children. This ranking is also evident in the adults who use regional language's to speak with their own children.
in the first chart we see the data regarding adult's whose parent's used regional langauges with them when they were children. Upon first glance it is quite easy to see that alastian and occitan are the most used langauges by habit; however, when we look at this use by occasion occitan is used far greatly at aproximately 1.2 million than alastian at almost 250 thousand.
since alastian and occitan were the two most dominating langauges used on adults by their parents so it is also observed that these two langagues are also greatly used by adults on their children. The usage rates of alsstian is anout 400 thousand meanwhile the usage rate of occitan is close to almost 370 thousand. Other languages such as Breton, Creole and corscian were the languages less spoken to adults by their parents and the same trend can be observed with their usuage rate on current adults with their children.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The student attempts to address the task by describing the main features of both charts, such as noting that Alsatian and Occitan are the most used regional languages. However, there are significant inaccuracies in the data reporting. For instance, the student states that Occitan is used occasionally by 'approximately 1.2 million' (which is relatively close to the chart's 1.065m), but confuses other figures, claiming Alastian is at 'almost 250 thousand' for occasional use (whereas the chart shows 240 thousand for Alsatian occasional, but 600 for habitual) and misinterpreting the final chart's figures. The overview is somewhat basic and lacks a fully developed summary of all major trends. This places the response in Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The text is organized into four paragraphs, attempting an introduction, overview, and body paragraphs. However, the progression is hindered by poor paragraphing logic and a lack of proper capitalization and punctuation throughout the response. Cohesive devices are minimal and sometimes repetitive. While there is an overall attempt to structure a report, referencing is occasionally unclear (e.g., dangling pronouns and unanchored comparisons), leading to mechanical and faulty cohesion that impacts readability, fitting Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The student uses an adequate vocabulary for the task, attempting words like 'habitually', 'occasionally', 'dominating', and 'usage rates'. However, there are frequent spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'quiet' instead of 'quite', 'langauages' misspelled repeatedly, 'alastian', 'corscian', and awkward phrasing like 'far greatly at aproximately'. These inaccuracies and spelling errors demonstrate a limited range with noticeable mistakes, corresponding to Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response contains a mixture of simple and some complex sentence structures, but it is heavily marred by basic grammatical errors, complete lack of capitalization at the beginning of sentences, and punctuation omissions. Examples include 'overall its is quiet clear', 'adult's whose parent's', and run-on sentences like 'since alastian and occitan were the two most dominating langauges used on adults by their parents so it is also observed...'. Frequent grammatical and punctuation errors cause some difficulty for the reader, matching Band 5.0 descriptors.
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