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 bar chart illustrates the number of french adults who spoke five french regional languages during their childhood and the number of people who currently speak these regional languages with their own children.

Overall, it is clear that occitan was the most sopken regional language among adults durng chilhood, while alsatian was the most spoken language among those wo speak regional language to their children. However, the number of people passing these languages on to the next genration was considerably low for most languages.

Regarding the first chart, 600,000 people spoke alsatian habituallly in their childhood. while similar number spoke occitan.

In contrast, more than 200,000 people spoke breton regularly. The figures for creole and corscian are significantly lower that means these two are the least spoken languages.

Turning to the second chart, approximately 400,000 people spoke alsatian to their own children, making it to a leading language in france. Around 250,000 people spoke occitan to their children which makes it second most spoken language.

Meanwhile, creole and corsican considerably smaller at approximately 100,000, 70,000 respectively.

In conclusion, the chart suggest that use of these regional language was less common among the younger. that indicates decline in the transmission of language to their children.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover both charts and provide a clear overview: Occitan is identified as the most common language spoken to adults in childhood, while Alsatian leads in transmission to children. You also recognise the broad decline between generations. Several comparisons are relevant, including the figures for Alsatian and Occitan in the second chart. However, some key details are incomplete or imprecise. The first chart distinguishes habitual from occasional speech, but your account mainly reports habitual use and does not explain that Occitan has the highest occasional figure, at about 1.065 million. The statement that Alsatian and Occitan had a “similar number” applies only to habitual use, and the final claim about decline would be stronger if supported by clearer comparisons across all five languages.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The report has a clear overall structure, moving from an introduction and overview to separate paragraphs for the two charts, followed by a conclusion. Phrases such as “Regarding the first chart” and “Turning to the second chart” help the reader follow the organisation, and the main comparisons are generally easy to locate. This meets the lower-band expectation of coherent arrangement and shows some of the stronger control associated with more flexible progression. However, the conclusion repeats the overview rather than adding a precise synthesis, and some links between claims are abrupt: for example, “In contrast” introduces Breton without a clear comparison, while “that means” makes the relationship to the preceding figures unclear. Use transitions to show the exact comparison being made.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “habitually,” “passing these languages on,” “leading language,” and “transmission.” These choices help describe frequency and intergenerational change, and the meaning is generally clear. There are, however, several spelling errors, such as “sopken,” “durng,” “genration,” and “corscian,” alongside inconsistent capitalisation of language names. Some expressions are imprecise or awkward: “the least spoken languages” does not specify whether this refers to habitual or occasional speech, and “considerably smaller” lacks a clear comparison. Aim for accurate spelling and more precise chart language, such as distinguishing “habitually” from “occasionally” and describing figures as “lower” or “higher” than a named category.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex forms, including the overview contrast beginning “while” and the participle phrase “making it to a leading language.” Most sentences communicate the intended comparisons, but some grammatical errors and punctuation problems remain. For example, “600,000 people spoke alsatian habituallly in their childhood. while similar number spoke occitan” has an incorrect sentence break and is missing an article before “similar number.” In “Meanwhile, creole and corsican considerably smaller,” the sentence needs a verb, such as “were.” The conclusion also shifts awkwardly from “the chart suggest” to “that indicates.” Check subject–verb agreement, articles, complete clauses, and sentence boundaries; these corrections would make your varied structures more controlled.

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