Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-25

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)

In Britain, teachers shares a survey report through pie charts in which their conern reponse regarding why students learning foreign languages.

Overall, the lecturer of university describe their knowledge in give two pie charts. Whereas, on the one hand, we have the main resoning of sudent llearning foreign languages. While, in the other hand, we have the reasoning of recent changes that lecturer felt.

The first pie chart, the largest reason of learning foreign languages is travel which is 33% wheras the second largest percentage is 26% of business or work concerns. Furtheremore, the most common reason of learning foreign languages are buying overseas property, social contacts, personal development, general interest and foregin partners with the percentage of 19%, 7%, 7%, 5% and 3% respectively.

However, The second pie charts has been reported by the university teachers of latest reasons of leaarning foreign languages. the first largest intention is buying property overseas which is 34% exactly. the second largest cause is 19% od business / work. The more basis are 15% of each: no change and social contacts, 6% of general interest, 4% of each: personal development and foreign partner, and the rest last one is 3% of travel.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response covers the main features of both pie charts, identifying key data points such as travel (33%) and buying property overseas (34%) as the most significant categories. The student attempts an overview in the second paragraph, although it is somewhat confused by phrasing errors ("Overall, the lecturer of university describe their knowledge..."). Data is generally accurately reported with appropriate percentages and ranking words (e.g., "respectively"). However, the lack of a clear, cohesive overall summary and awkward phrasing prevent the response from achieving a higher band. It satisfies the core requirements of Task Achievement at a Band 6.0 level by presenting a clear overview of main trends with relevant data support, though some parts are slightly under-developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The essay is divided into four paragraphs, showing a basic structure typical of an IELTS Task 1 report. However, logical progression is hindered by repetitive and awkward transitions such as "Whereas, on the one hand... While, in the other hand..." and "The first pie chart... The second pie charts...". Cohesive devices are used, but sometimes inaccurately or mechanically. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal cohesion within sentences is frequently disrupted by grammatical awkwardness. Referencing is sometimes unclear, particularly in the opening overview paragraph. This performance aligns best with Band 5.0 descriptors, as there is an organizational structure, but logical progression lacks clarity and cohesive devices are inadequate or misused.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate to convey the basic statistics from the charts, incorporating terms such as "percentage", "largest", "buying overseas property", and "social contacts". However, there are numerous lexical errors and unnatural word choices throughout the text, such as "conern reponse", "resoning", "sudent llearning", and "foregin partners". The student attempts less common vocabulary items (e.g., "respectively"), but frequent spelling and word-choice errors (e.g., "leaarning", "od business") highlight limitations in lexical control. Communication is maintained, but the frequent errors place this firmly in the Band 5.0 category, reflecting a limited yet minimally adequate range for the task.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response contains a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but grammatical accuracy is very low. There are frequent errors in subject-verb agreement (e.g., "teachers shares", "student llearning"), tense usage, and sentence construction (e.g., "The first pie chart, the largest reason... is travel"). Punctuation and capitalization errors are also present. These errors cause difficulty for the reader and impede smooth reading in several places. Because the majority of sentences contain noticeable errors and complex structures are frequently faulty, this matches the Band 5.0 descriptors for Grammatical Range and Accuracy.

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