The table below shows the average band scores for students from different language groups taking the IELTS General Test in 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table shows the data for what the mean scores of IELTS takers from four different categories and four languages in the IELTS General Test in 2010. Looking from an

overall

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perspective, it is readily apparent that students who got the

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test have the highest

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score among the other three tests, and speaking became the part that entrants are the most successful in general.

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the table, the listening part was done better by

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and French

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takers compared to Malay and

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takers. The average points from listening in

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and French tests were 6.8 and 6.3 respectively,

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6.3 and 6.2 were the mean scores for

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and Malay exams. Another noticeable trend was, points in French and

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tests were the same in terms of listening and reading, which were 6.3 and 6.1 respectively. The category of writing was the part

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was taken

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lowest point at 6.0,

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the

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was gotten the highest. (6.6) These figures were broadly similar to speaking scores. Generally, students got the lowest on the

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language test.