Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-10-08

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 6.5)

The bar charts show how many French adults (in thousand) had parents who spoke a regional language to them as children, and how many now speak a regional langauge to their own children.

Overall, it is evident that Occitan and Alsatian are the most famous spoken regional language in both generations, while Breton , Creole, Corsican have much lower numbers. Across all five language, regional languages were spoken far more during the adults, childhood than they are passed down to their children, with occasional use consistently higher than habital use.

Looking at the adults, Childhoods, Occitan had the highest occasional use at around 1050 thousand adults, though its habitual use was lower at about 600 thousand. Alsatian had about 600 thousand adults reporting habitual use and around 240 thousand reporting occasional use. Breton had about 260 thousand habital speakers and over 400 thousand occasional speakers. Creole and Crosican had the lowest numbers, each under 150 thousand for both categories.

When it comes to passing these language to children, numbers drop significantly. Alsatian is the most transmitted language at around 400 thousand adults, followed by Occitan at about 250 thousand. Transmission rates for Breton Creloe and Crosian are very low, each falling below 100 thousand.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The report addresses both charts and gives a clear overview: Occitan and Alsatian are identified as the leading languages overall, and the decline from childhood use to transmission to children is highlighted. Most figures are accurately selected, including Occitan’s high occasional use and Alsatian’s leading transmission figure. The comparison that occasional use is higher than habitual use is also supported across the five languages. However, calling Occitan and Alsatian the most “famous” is not a precise description of the data, and the overview could distinguish their different patterns more clearly: Occitan leads in childhood use, whereas Alsatian leads in transmission. The smaller-language figures are grouped rather than explored, so some comparisons are less developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised effectively into an introduction, an overview, a paragraph on childhood use and a final paragraph on transmission. This creates a clear progression through the two charts, and signposts such as “Overall,” “Looking at the adults” and “When it comes to” help readers follow the report. Comparisons are generally placed together, particularly the figures for Occitan and Alsatian. Some linking is less precise or slightly awkward, as in “Across all five language” and “When it comes to passing these language to children”; these phrases interrupt the otherwise clear flow. The final paragraph also groups three languages together without comparing their values individually. More consistent, precise referencing and a few direct comparisons would make the cohesion more flexible.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

There is an adequate range of vocabulary for describing the charts, including “habitual use,” “occasional use,” “transmitted” and “numbers drop significantly.” These choices communicate the main comparisons, and the writer attempts some less common phrasing. However, several word-choice and spelling errors reduce precision: “most famous” does not mean most numerous, “habital” is used for “habitual,” and “langauge,” “Crosican,” “Creloe” and “Crosian” are misspelled. Phrases such as “spoken far more during the adults, childhood” are also unnatural. Use accurate chart language such as “most prevalent” or “highest figures,” and check spelling and collocations carefully. The meaning remains clear overall, but control is not yet consistent enough for more precise and flexible description.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The response uses a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the overview clause beginning “Across all five language” and the contrast in “though its habitual use was lower.” Most sentences communicate the intended comparisons, and errors rarely prevent understanding. Some grammatical inaccuracies remain, particularly with plurals and sentence construction: “in thousand,” “both generations,” and “Across all five language” need plural forms, while “during the adults, childhood” is an awkwardly formed phrase. The sentence “Transmission rates for Breton Creloe and Crosian are very low” also needs clearer punctuation between the listed items. Aim to maintain accurate agreement and noun forms while using complex structures; proofreading sentence boundaries and list punctuation would improve control.

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