Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-10-17

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)

The given pie charts represents the responses by various teachers of foreign language in Britain to a survey that why students are learning the foreign language. Both pie charts shows different information.

Overall, the first pie chart shows the percentage as most common reason for learning the foreign language. Travel is at the highest percent in most common reason for learning foreign language while foreign partner is at the lowest percent. Similarly other pie chart shows the percentage of recent increase in people learning, Buying property overseas reason is at highest percent while travel is at the lowest precent in this regard.

On the one side, various common reasons are shown for learning in which travel is highest about 33%. business and work has also huge audience about 26%. Another reason is buying property which is about 19% . Reasons for social contacts and personal development are at same level about 7%. Reason for general interest is about 5%. The lowest percentage for the common reason of learning is foreign partner which is about 3% only.

Similarly, the recent increase in people learning for different reasons are given in second pie chart in which buying property is at highest level of about 34%. Another reason for increase is business and work which is about 19%. 15% people are those who do not have any recent increase in learning reasons. 15% are due to social contracts. The recent increase in personal development and foreign partner is same about 4%. Recent increase for the reason of general interest is about 6%. The lowest percentage for the reason of recent increase in learning foreign language is travel which is about 3%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The report covers both charts and gives a clear overview of the main contrasts: travel is the leading first-chart reason, foreign partners the least common, and buying property overseas the largest reported recent increase, with travel the smallest. Most figures are accurately selected, including 33%, 26%, 19%, and the matching 4% figures. This supports a well-focused account of the key information. However, the second chart is described as showing a “recent increase” for every category, although it also includes “no change” at 15%; the report does identify this figure, but could distinguish it more precisely from reasons for increase. Some descriptions are also repetitive rather than drawing out comparisons between the charts. A sharper synthesis of the two sets of results would strengthen the overview further.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs describing each chart. This makes the information generally easy to follow, and sequencing from the largest figures to smaller ones is mostly sensible. Cohesion is less effective where linking phrases are mechanical or repetitive, particularly the repeated use of “Similarly” and “Another reason.” The phrase “On the one side” does not clearly signal the relationship between the charts, and “in this regard” has an unclear reference. The overview also repeats details that are developed again in the body. Use more precise links to compare the charts, and group related figures so that progression feels less like a list.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The vocabulary is sufficient to report the chart categories and percentages, with useful terms such as “highest,” “lowest,” “percentage,” and “recent increase.” However, the range is limited and several expressions are repeated, including “reason,” “learning,” and “about.” Some word choices or collocations are imprecise: “huge audience” is not suitable for a percentage of teachers, and “social contracts” changes the chart’s meaning from social contacts. Spelling errors such as “precent” also reduce accuracy. Aim for more precise reporting language and vary expressions for proportions and comparisons; this would make the account clearer and more natural without requiring unnecessarily complex vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response communicates its main points, but grammatical control is uneven and sentence patterns are mostly simple, with some attempts at longer structures. Agreement errors appear in “The given pie charts represents” and “Both pie charts shows”; the plural subject requires plural verbs. There are also problems with articles and sentence construction, as in “the percentage as most common reason,” and the opening contains an awkward clause, “a survey that why students are learning.” Punctuation and spacing around clauses and percentages are inconsistent. These errors do not generally prevent understanding, but they recur across the report. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement and build longer sentences from clear, correctly linked clauses.

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