Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-25
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 bar charts compare the number of french adults whose parents communicate with them with local language when they were childern, with those adults which speaks regional language with their own childerns.
Overall, the regional language Occitan was highly spoken habitually and occasionally language with adults when they were childern. In contrary, the adults most like to spoke Alsatian with their own childerns. Creole and Corsican was least spoken language in both scnerios.
On occasional bases, the Occitan was by far the most favourable language of parents with communicating with adults when they were young contributing the highest of above 1m. While the number was half to more than 600 when spoken habitually, followed closely, by Alsatian contributing 600 adults. The significant drop of 250 adults was noticed on occasional speaking. The regional language Breton, Creole, Corsican was the least spoken language on daily bases standing at 370, 200, 180 adults respectively. However significant rise of 400 adults was noticed by Breton language which was spoken with adults when they were childern on ocaacional basis .
The Alsatian was highly spoken by adults with their childern contributing 400 adults, the value was half to 250 adults for Ocaitan. Meanwhile, the other three language remianed least spoken language less than 100 of adults.
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 prompt by comparing the two charts concerning French regional languages. However, there are significant inaccuracies in data interpretation and reporting. For instance, the student states that Occitan reached 'above 1m' for occasional use, whereas the chart shows it at 1,065 thousand, and misinterprets the numbers for Breton, Creole, and Corsican (e.g., stating 'standing at 370, 200, 180 adults respectively', which does not align accurately with the visual data). Furthermore, the overview is rather basic and contains inaccurate comparative claims. While all parts of the task are touched upon, the lack of precision in reading the data limits the task response score to a band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response is organized into paragraphs with some overall structure, including an introductory sentence and body paragraphs. However, logical progression is frequently hindered by awkward phrasing and mechanical transitions such as 'In contrary' and 'On occasional bases'. Paragraphing is attempted, but the grouping of information lacks clear cohesion, making the progression difficult to follow at times. Referencing and cohesive devices are inadequate and repetitive. This places the response in the band 5.0 category for Coherence and Cohesion.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The lexical range is limited and repetitive ('contributing', 'adults', 'language'). There are numerous word choice and collocation errors, such as 'communicate with them with local language', 'childern' (spelling), 'most like to spoke', 'scnerios', and 'habitually and occasionally language'. Less common vocabulary is attempted but handled inaccurately (e.g., 'favourable language', 'significant rise'). These vocabulary errors cause noticeable difficulty for the reader and reflect a band 5.0 level.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The student displays a limited range of grammatical structures, with frequent errors in verb forms, tense consistency, and prepositions. Examples include 'whose parents communicate with them' (instead of past tense), 'adults which speaks' (agreement error), 'parents with communicating' (incorrect preposition), and 'language remianed' (spelling and agreement). Complex structures are attempted but are frequently faulty. Errors occur throughout the text and occasionally impede communication, placing this response at band 5.0.
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