Band 6.0 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 6.0)

The first line chart illustrates amount of adults whose parents have communicated with them in a local dialect in their childhood and while illustrating that it handled habitual and occasional speak as two seperate categories. And the second charts shows the number of adults who now speak a local dialect to their children and shows that data without doing such distinction. Overall, it is evident that the older French generation tends to communicate with their children in local dialects more than the younger generation.

Alsatian and Occitan used to be the most spoken regional dialects by the parents which were spoken to around 800 thousand and 1 million 700 thousand children of that time respectively. While most of the communication in Alsatian was happening oftenly between child and his/her parent, Occitan was sometimes speaked between them. In comparison to that only 400 thousand of the children of that generation use Alsatian with their children, and only approximately 250 thousand use Occitan.

This downward trend was also followed by other dialects. For example, Corsican remained as the least spoken dialect, and also it was used less.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the two measures and give an overall comparison, then support it with figures for Alsatian and Occitan. However, some key data are misreported: the childhood totals for Alsatian and Occitan are about 840,000 and 1.685 million, but these combine habitual and occasional use; the response presents them as amounts spoken to children without explaining the distinction. More importantly, it says Alsatian was mostly spoken often, whereas its habitual figure (600,000) exceeds its occasional figure (240,000), but the wording is unclear, and it describes Occitan as sometimes spoken despite its occasional figure being higher. The final paragraph mentions Corsican but omits useful comparisons for Breton and Creole. A clearer overview and accurate coverage of both categories would make the report more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction and overview are followed by a paragraph on the two largest languages and a brief concluding comparison. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “In comparison,” and “For example” help signal relationships between points. However, the first sentence is overloaded and difficult to follow, especially the repeated “while” construction and the phrase “while illustrating that it handled…” The final paragraph is also too brief to develop the comparison, and “This downward trend” is not fully supported because only Alsatian and Occitan are discussed in detail. Organise the body around clear comparisons—perhaps childhood use versus use with children—and use more precise references so each paragraph progresses logically.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “regional dialects,” “habitual,” “occasional,” “generation,” and “downward trend.” These choices show an attempt to describe the chart rather than relying only on basic terms. Some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, however: “communicated with them in a local dialect” is less precise than “spoke a regional language to them,” while “oftenly” and “speak(ed)” are not appropriate forms. “The most spoken regional dialects by the parents” is also awkward, and “used less” does not clearly state what decreased. Aim for accurate chart-reporting phrases such as “was spoken habitually,” “the figure fell to,” and “passed the language on to their children.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

There is an attempt to use both simple and complex sentences, including contrast clauses and relative clauses, and the main message is generally understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly in sentence construction and verb forms. The opening sentence is a fragment-like, overextended structure: “The first line chart illustrates … and while illustrating that…”; it would be clearer as two complete sentences. In “Occitan was sometimes speaked,” the passive verb form is incorrect, and “the children of that generation use Alsatian” shifts tense inconsistently when describing past data. There are also agreement and article issues in phrases such as “the second charts shows” and “between child and his/her parent.” Use past tense consistently for the chart’s historical figures and check that each sentence has a clear subject and main verb.

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