Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-10-17

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 5.5)

The chart illustrates the number of French adults whose spoke regional language to them in their childhood and number of those who spoke native language to their own children.

Overall, it is evident that Occitan language accounted for the largest proportion in both habitually and occasionally categories. In contrast, the number of Corsican speakers was the lowest of all proportion. The Alsatian language is widely considered by parents who spoke to their own child.

Occitan language is the most speaking language with approximately 1.1 million occasionally speakers and round 6 lac habitually speakers. However, the Creole and Corsican language registered a smallest figures about 100 thousand people who spoke these language. Alsatian language is the second most spoken language by guardians with 600 thousand habitually spoken but for occasionally these figure were approximately 220 thousand speakers.

Consequently, the Alsatian language remained at highest about 400 thousand speakers who spoke their native language to their own child. Meanwhile, the number Breton, Creole, and Corsican speakers were about 90 thousand.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main pattern that Occitan has the highest childhood figures and Corsican the lowest, and you include comparisons across both charts. However, the overview is not fully accurate: Occitan is not the largest in both childhood categories, since Alsatian is close to it for habitual speech and Occitan is clearly highest for occasional speech. The statement that Creole and Corsican have the smallest figures also overlooks Breton’s lower figure in the chart of adults speaking to their children. Some figures are broadly accurate, such as about 1.1 million occasional Occitan speakers and 400,000 Alsatian speakers addressing their children, but the final comparison groups Breton, Creole and Corsican together despite their different values. Select and report the key comparisons more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic report structure, with an introduction, an overview and paragraphs describing the charts. This gives the reader some organisation, and words such as “Overall,” “In contrast” and “Meanwhile” signal relationships between points. However, progression within the body is not consistently clear: the discussion moves from Occitan to Creole and Corsican, then back to Alsatian, and the final paragraph groups three languages without explaining their differences. Some linking expressions, including “Consequently,” do not show a clear cause-and-effect relationship. Improve the sequence by describing the childhood figures in a consistent order, then comparing them with the figures for parents speaking to their children. Clearer references to each chart would also help.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing data, including “approximately,” “accounted for,” “registered” and “highest.” The language names and numerical expressions are generally understandable. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or repetitive, which limits precision. For example, “the most speaking language” is not a natural way to describe the largest figures, and “smallest figures” would be better expressed as “lowest figures.” “The Alsatian language is widely considered by parents” does not convey the intended meaning clearly; the chart shows adults speaking it to their children. There are also awkward phrases such as “these language” and “round 6 lac.” Use standard data-reporting expressions such as “the number of speakers,” “approximately” and “spoke the language to their children.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple statements and longer sentences, and the overall meaning can usually be followed. However, grammatical errors occur frequently and sometimes make relationships between ideas unclear. Examples include “adults whose spoke,” where the relative clause is incorrectly formed, and “the number Breton, Creole, and Corsican speakers,” which is missing a grammatical link such as “of.” Agreement and number are also inconsistent in “these figure were” and “these language.” Articles and sentence construction need attention in phrases such as “the number of those who spoke native language.” Practise building accurate comparison sentences with a clear subject and verb, and check plural forms and articles before submitting.

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