The graph below shows the types of transport used by tourists who visited New Zealand from five countries in 2004.

Types Transport Used Tourists Visited New Zealand Five Countries 2004 - IELTS Writing Task 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

A student's answer to this task, and the feedback on it

Written by an IELTSX user under exam conditions and published unedited and anonymously. Band 6.5 · 159 words.

The bar chart illustrates transport types preverences of tourists from five countries in New Zealand in 2004.

Overall, the figures varied significantly across all counties. However, car was the most popular means of trasportation for most of tourists, except for those from Japan.

Car was the dominant for the tourists from the Great Britan, Germany, Korea, and Australia accounted for 60%, 52%, 50% and 44%, respectively. Only for Japanese travellers, car was at the 3rd plase, with 25%. Meanwhile, 54% of them favoured air transport. Australian tourists had the least interest for airplans and other air transport, which is just above 10%.

Coach is in the second place for Japanese tourists, accounted for 52%, which is also the highest position for this transport type. It is followed by Korea, by 40%. For Australian travellers coaches were at the lowest percentage, with 8%. Ferries were mostly used by German tourists, with 48%, and the least by Koreans, with about 9%.

Examiner feedback

This is a solid Band 6.5 response. It effectively describes the main trends and supports them with data. To improve, the candidate should focus on spelling accuracy and varying sentence structures to include more sophisticated comparisons.

Task Achievement - 7

The response covers all the requirements of the task and presents a clear overview identifying the main trends (car dominance vs. Japan's exception). - Key features are clearly highlighted with accurate data points for most countries and transport types. - The data is well-selected to support the description, though some comparisons could be more nuanced rather than just listing percentages.

Coherence & Cohesion - 7

The information is logically organized into an introduction, overview, and two body paragraphs based on transport types. - There is a clear progression throughout the response. - Cohesive devices like 'Meanwhile', 'However', and 'It is followed by' are used, though they are occasionally a bit mechanical.

Lexical Resource - 6

The vocabulary is generally adequate for the task, with words like 'illustrates', 'dominant', and 'favoured'. - There are several spelling errors ('preverences', 'trasportation', 'counties' instead of 'countries', 'Britan', 'plase', 'airplans') which, while they don't impede communication, are too frequent for a higher band. - Word choice is sometimes slightly awkward, such as 'had the least interest for'.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy - 6

The writer uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms. - Errors occur in sentence structure, such as 'Car was the dominant for...' (missing noun like 'choice') and 'followed by Korea, by 40%'. - While the meaning is always clear, the frequency of these minor grammatical slips prevents a score in the higher bands.

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