Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-16

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 5.0)

The pie charts illustrate the proportion of responses by teachers of foreign languages in Britain to a research concerning that why students wants to learn foreign language.

Overall, the first pie chart consists of 7 most common reasons for learning the foreign language. The second pie chart involves 8 slices in which the percentage of teachers reporting recent increase of people to learn a foreign language.

The most common reasons for learning a language are travel which holds one-third of the pie chart which is 33%. Business/ work are 26%, buying property overseas are 19%, general interest is 5%, social contacts are 7%, while personal development is remained same and foreign partner is 3% which is the lowest percentage of people who wants to learn a foreign language.

Secondly, the report of teachers on recent changes in people learning a foreign language changed alot in past few years. In contrast, travel was 33% now it changes to 3%, while buying property was 26% now it increased to 34% in recent days. F

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to address both pie charts, noting the main reasons for learning a foreign language and the reported recent changes. However, there are significant misinterpretations of the data provided in the second chart. For example, the writer confuses 'no change' (15%) and 'buying property overseas' (34%) with shifts in percentages, writing that 'travel was 33% now it changes to 3%,' which misreads the second chart where 3% represents the recent increase for travel. Consequently, key features are inaccurately reported, leading to an under-developed response that falls short of fully conveying the visual data.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The report shows some attempt at organisation with an introductory sentence and subsequent body details, but the logical progression is disrupted by abrupt transitions and poor paragraphing. The second body paragraph starts abruptly with 'Secondly,' and the final sentence trails off unfinished ('F'). Cohesive devices are minimal and sometimes inaccurate, such as using 'In contrast' incorrectly when comparing the two charts. Furthermore, referencing is unclear in places, making the overall arrangement somewhat disjointed.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate to discuss general concepts related to the charts, including terms like 'proportion,' 'percentage,' and 'common reasons.' However, there is a limited and repetitive range, with frequent lexical and collocational errors such as 'a research concerning that why students wants' and 'personal development is remained same.' Attempts at less common vocabulary are often inaccurate, and the limitations in word choice occasionally impede clear communication, particularly when describing the statistical trends.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student uses a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but grammatical accuracy is weak throughout the text. There are numerous errors in subject-verb agreement and tense consistency, such as 'students wants,' 'percentage of teachers reporting recent increase of people to learn,' and 'buying property were 26% now it increased.' Punctuation and sentence boundaries are also problematic, illustrated by the abrupt end of the response with an isolated letter. These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader.

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