Band 7 bar chart sample: adult education levels.
Read the Band 7 report on adult education levels, then a note on each criterion and one change that would make it stronger.
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- Band 7 from our checker
- 179 words
- Bar chart Task 1 type
What the bar chart task asks.
The bar chart below shows the highest level of education attained by adults (aged 25-64) in South Korea, Canada, Germany, Brazil, India and Nigeria in 2022. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
- Tertiary
- Upper secondary
- Below secondary
A Band 7 report.
The bar chart compares how far adults aged between 25 and 64 went in their education in six countries in 2022.
Overall, South Korea and Canada had the most educated adults, as at least half of them had tertiary education. In contrast, in Brazil, India and Nigeria the biggest group had not finished the secondary school, while Germany stood out for upper secondary education.
Canada had the highest share of adults with tertiary education at 57%, followed by South Korea with 50%. In both countries, fewer than one in five people had not completed secondary school. Germany was different, because a big part of its adults (53%) had finished upper secondary education, the highest figure for this level, but only 29% had tertiary education.
The other three countries showed the opposite pattern. In Nigeria, 70% of adults had below secondery education, compared with 63% in India and 50% in Brazil. Only 8% of Nigerians had tertiary education, and the figures for India and Brazil was 12% and 18%. Upper secondary levels in these countries were between 22% and 32%.
Band 7 report, criterion by criterion.
Each band is the one our checker gave. Underlined in the report: the words each note quotes.
- Task AchievementBand 7
- The overview gives the big picture clearly before the details. The main differences between the countries are covered, and the figures match the chart. Some figures in the paragraph about the other countries are listed rather than compared.
- Coherence and CohesionBand 7
- The report groups the countries well, with the more educated countries together and the others together. Phrases like "In contrast" and "the opposite pattern" make the comparison clear.
- Lexical ResourceBand 6
- The answer uses the right words for the chart, such as "tertiary" and "stood out". A few choices are less natural, like "a big part of", and "secondery" is misspelled.
- Grammatical Range and AccuracyBand 7
- The report uses comparisons and clauses with because and while correctly. There are a few errors, for example "the figures for India and Brazil was".
One change that makes this report stronger.
The other three countries showed the opposite pattern.
The other three countries showed the opposite pattern, with far fewer adults reaching tertiary level.
The topic sentence now says what the opposite pattern is, so the details that follow have a clear purpose.
How this report was made.
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