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 given pie charts illustrates a Britain survey remarks given by tutors about causes of students learning foreign languages. The first one highlights the main reason while the secound demonstrates about number of teachers who felt that there is another reason now.

Overall, trend is significantly changed. According to first chart the traveling takes fewer than half of proportion as well as other resason like business and work take quarter of percentage as well buying overseas land is 19%. In contrast, a plummet is noted in trend and business and work accpounts for largest share and traveling takes a smaller share.

To begin with, first data traveling takes the majority of feeback accounting for 33%. In addition, bussiness and work has the biggest proportion and overseas property contributes for almost 19%. Personal development and social media are equally distributed however a small percentage accounts for generral intrest and foreign partner.

Conversely, buying property overseas dominates the chart which is 34% along with business and work 19%. social contacts and no change share are equally distributed. Other categories are in minority.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response attempts to address both pie charts regarding foreign language teachers' surveys in Britain. However, the data interpretation is frequently confused and inaccurate. For instance, the student states that traveling takes fewer than half of the proportion and later misinterprets the second chart, claiming that business and work accounts for the largest share and that a plummet is noted, which contradicts the actual data where buying property overseas is highest at 34% and business/work remains at 19%. While an overview is attempted, key features are not accurately reported, and some comparisons are flawed. This falls under Band 5 as the task is addressed only partially with significant inaccuracies in data representation.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is organized into paragraphs, including an introduction, an overview, and body paragraphs. However, logical progression is weak, and cohesive devices are often faulty or mechanical, such as the abrupt transitions using 'To begin with' and 'Conversely'. The overview is placed prematurely before data is clearly established, and referencing is sometimes confusing (e.g., 'first data traveling takes the majority'). Paragraphing is present, but overall progression lacks clarity. This level of organization and cohesion aligns well with Band 5 descriptors.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student uses a limited and repetitive range of vocabulary with noticeable errors that occasionally impede communication. Examples of awkward word choice and phrasing include 'Britain survey remarks', 'secound demonstrates', 'buying overseas land', and 'generral intrest'. There are also spelling errors like 'bussiness' and 'secound'. Less common vocabulary is attempted (e.g., 'plummet', 'proportion', 'dominates'), but inaccurate collocations and word choices restrict the score to a Band 5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but many sentences contain noticeable grammatical errors and awkward phrasing, such as 'The given pie charts illustrates' (subject-verb agreement error) and 'traveling takes fewer than half of proportion'. Punctuation and sentence boundaries are occasionally problematic, and frequent grammatical slips cause some difficulty for the reader. Control over grammar is inconsistent, placing the response firmly at Band 5.

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