Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-28

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 6.0)

Here the pie charts indicate why academic learners are learning an international language when asked to the teachers of foreign languages in Britain through a survey.The former chart draws attention of the main points for learning a foreign language according to the teachers, whereas the later given chart shows the number to mentors who felt a change in the reason for the given statement recently.

Overall, travelling was firstly the major reason why students were eager to learn a foreign language but drastically this reason decreased recently.While, other supporting reasons were almost near to similar percentage when compared, business /work and purchasing properties around the world being an exceptions.

At a fleeting glance, travel accounted to be the major reason for student to learn an international language at a third of the whole, the second largest share accounted was becuase of business and work at 26% and 19% for buying property overseas simultainously.Meanwhile the lowest share of the whole was of foreign partner at just 3% followed by personal development and social contacts sharing the similar percent of 7%. Lastly the genersl interest showed only 5% of the stacks for learners to inclucate international language.

Contrastingly, travel showed the major setback droping from 33% to only 3% when asked teachers for the given reason. Even business/work had a fall of 8%, although buying property oversea had a surge of 15% from being at 19% previously to now being at the share of 34%. General intrest and foreign partner had almost no visible change to notice. Furthermore, personal development had a slight increase of 3% whereas, social contacts rosed for 7% only to almost more than ten. Intrestingly , 15% of the stacks where hold by the percetange that had no specific change.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The student covers all major parts of the task by reporting the main reasons for learning a foreign language and the recent changes reported by teachers. Key data points such as travel (33%) and buying property overseas (34% recent increase) are correctly identified and contrasted. However, there are some misinterpretations of the second chart; for instance, the student states that travel dropped from 33% to 3%, whereas the second chart actually shows that 3% of teachers noted an increase in travel as a reason, rather than the original percentage dropping. Additionally, minor data values are slightly inaccurate in places (e.g., social contacts and personal development). Nevertheless, an overall trend is successfully presented.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response is divided into logical paragraphs with an introduction, an overview, and detailed body paragraphs. Cohesive devices are used to signal transitions and comparisons, such as 'Overall', 'At a fleeting glance', and 'Contrastingly'. However, referencing is sometimes awkward or imprecise, such as 'the later given chart' and 'the genersl interest showed only 5% of the stacks'. Paragraphing is present and generally appropriate, but the logical progression within sentences occasionally falters due to awkward phrasing.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student attempts a range of vocabulary relevant to the visual data, including terms like 'major point', 'exception', 'surge', and 'setback'. However, there are numerous lexical and collocation errors, such as 'stacks' instead of proportions or percentages, 'simultainously' instead of simultaneously, and 'inclucate' instead of inculcate or learn. Spelling errors like 'genersl', 'droping', and 'rosed' detract from the overall quality, placing the response firmly in Band 5.5 to 6.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The student demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as 'The former chart draws attention of the main points... whereas the later given chart shows...'. However, there are frequent grammatical errors and awkward prepositions, such as 'when asked to the teachers', 'accounted to be', 'shares sharing the similar percent', and 'social contacts rosed for 7% only to almost more than ten'. These errors sometimes cause minor strain for the reader, though they do not completely impede communication.

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