Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The pie charts below show responses by teachers of foreign languages in Britain to a survey concerning why their students are learning a foreign language. The first chart shows the main reason for learning a foreign language. The second chart shows how many teachers felt that there has been a recent change in the reason.

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

% of teachers reporting the following as most common reason for learning:

Student answer (Band 4.0)

The pie fisrt chart illstttaets the proportion of teacher reporting seveen differn kind of reason to learn foreign language in uk. Whereas the second chart compares of teachers reporting current increase in people learning for the 8 reasons.

Overall, travel accounted was most commen reason, While, foreign partner was least in total goup of shares. In contrast, increasing people number in buying property oversease was most hieghist in total , in the other hands, travel distribtion was smallest in total .

Lokings to the details, first pie chart show that travel was most domininat in all at 33%.the second number was buiseness work at 26%. followed by buing property overseas at 19%. in contrast , general interset , social contacts and personal development was 5%,7% and 7%.in finally foreign partner was 3%.

Turning to the second pie chart , travel was 3%. 19% buiseness /work was second number ,followed by

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response fails to complete the task. While it attempts to describe the first chart, the report is incomplete, ending abruptly mid-sentence in the second paragraph. The data presentation is inconsistent; for instance, the student mentions 'seven different kinds of reasons' but then refers to '8 reasons' in the next sentence. Furthermore, the information provided is often inaccurate or confusing, such as claiming 'travel was 3%' in the second chart when the data provided in the prompt suggests otherwise. The lack of a clear summary or completion of the second chart significantly impacts the overall task achievement.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.5

The response lacks logical progression. While there is an attempt to use cohesive devices like 'Overall' and 'In contrast', these are often used incorrectly or in a way that obscures meaning. Paragraphing is present but the content within the paragraphs is disjointed and repetitive. The abrupt ending of the text prevents any sense of a cohesive conclusion. Referencing is often unclear, making it difficult for the reader to follow the comparison between the two charts.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary is very limited and contains frequent spelling errors that impede communication (e.g., 'illstttaets', 'fisrt', 'commen', 'buing', 'buiseness'). The range of vocabulary is insufficient to describe the data accurately, relying on basic terms and repetitive structures. There is little evidence of an attempt to use precise or academic language suitable for a report. The misuse of terms like 'total goup of shares' and 'most hieghist' further highlights a lack of control over lexical items.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The response contains frequent grammatical errors that make the text difficult to read. There are persistent issues with subject-verb agreement, article usage, and sentence structure (e.g., 'travel accounted was most commen reason'). The text relies on simple sentence structures, and attempts at more complex sentences are consistently marred by errors. Punctuation is also problematic, with inconsistent capitalization and missing spaces after periods. These errors occur throughout the text and frequently cause confusion for the reader.

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