Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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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 below illustrate the proportion of french adults whose parents spoke a french language to them in childhood and the number of adults (in thousands) who speak a regional language to their children.

Overall, Occitan was spoken more times by the parents daily as well at the occasion to their children, while corsian was spoken very less by the parents. Aistain and occitan was naturally spoken by the parents more times but occitan and breton was spoken more times by parents at events. Aisatian was at top while corsican was at bottom in the ratio of adults who speak a regional languages to their children. The trend of languages spoken by adults to their children was decreasing from top to bottom.

Admittedly, 600 people speak occitan language every time, while one million speak occitan at occasion. Almost 85 parents was speaking corsican language, while 100 people speak this language at often.

At the end, 400 adults speak aistian language to their own children followed by occitan language speak by 250 adults. Breton language was edged up by creole and corsican, which was lying at 250, while creole and corsican was at 90 and 60.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

The response attempts to cover both charts and gives an overview, including the high position of Alsatian for speaking to children and the low position of Corsican. However, several key details are inaccurate or unclear. Occitan, not Alsatian, has the highest occasional figure (about 1,065 thousand), while Alsatian is highest for habitual speech at about 600 thousand, narrowly ahead of Occitan. The statement that Occitan was spoken most “to their children” confuses the childhood chart with the separate chart about adults speaking to their own children. Some figures are also assigned to the wrong languages: Breton is about 90 thousand, Creole 80 thousand, and Corsican 60 thousand in the latter chart. Select the main comparisons accurately and distinguish the two measures throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs containing details from the charts. This gives the report some organisation, and phrases such as “Overall” and “At the end” signal movement between sections. However, the progression is difficult to follow because the overview combines several comparisons without clearly separating the charts, and the final paragraph misorders or misattributes figures. Repeated references to “parents” and “children” also leave it unclear which group or measure is being discussed. Use one paragraph for the childhood figures and another for the figures about adults speaking to their own children, with comparisons presented in a consistent order. More precise linking and referencing would make the relationships between figures easier to understand.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “occasion,” “ratio,” and “trend,” and attempts to describe rankings and comparisons. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or unnatural, sometimes obscuring the intended meaning. For example, “spoken more times” does not clearly express frequency, “at the occasion” is awkward, and “edged up by” does not fit the comparison between language figures. Several language names are also misspelled, including “corsian,” “Aistain,” and “Aisatian,” which weakens precision. Aim for a small set of accurate chart-reporting expressions such as “the number of adults,” “spoken occasionally,” “ranked highest,” and “followed by,” and check the spelling of each category.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response includes both simple statements and attempts at longer sentences, such as the overview sentence beginning “Overall,” but control is uneven. Subject–verb agreement errors occur in “Aistain and occitan was” and “creole and corsican was,” where plural subjects require plural verbs. Articles and sentence patterns are also problematic in “Almost 85 parents was speaking,” while “400 adults speak … followed by occitan language speak by 250 adults” lacks a well-formed clause for the second figure. These errors make some comparisons harder to interpret. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and parallel structures, for example, “About 85,000 adults’ parents spoke Corsican habitually, compared with…” Keep sentences shorter when presenting several figures, then combine ideas only when the grammar remains clear.

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