The charts below show the proportions of British students at one university in England who were able to speak other languages in addition to English, in 2000 and 2010.

The charts below show the proportions of British students at one university in England who were able to speak other languages in addition to English, in 2000 and 2010.
The
given
Verb problem
apply
show examples
pie chart illustrates details about the percentages of students
of
Change preposition
in
show examples
Britain who can speak several languages, except English, in
two
different years, 2000 and 2010.
Overall
it is clear from the pie chart that in both years more
people
learn
Wrong verb form
learned
show examples
Spanish,
however
Add a comma
however,
show examples
the lowest percentage of
language
learners can be seen German
language
, with the same
percent
Replace the word
percentage
show examples
each year. In 2000, most
of
Change preposition
apply
show examples
people
have
Wrong verb form
had
show examples
passion
Add an article
a passion
the passion
show examples
to learn
Change preposition
for learning
show examples
spanish
Change the capitalization
Spanish
show examples
, 30%. But German and
two
another
Correct quantifier usage
other
show examples
languages
ware
Correct your spelling
were
show examples
both learnt by only one in ten
percent
Change the spelling
per cent
show examples
people
Change preposition
of people
show examples
.
Also
Add a comma
Also,
show examples
two
proportion
Fix the agreement mistake
proportions
show examples
shows 15% which is for French and
another
Correct quantifier usage
other
show examples
language
. But 20% of
people
didn't learn any other
language
, except English. By 2010, there are some changes.
For
example
Add a comma
example,
show examples
the percentage of Spanish,
two
other languages and another
language
learners increased slightly by one in twenty percent.
However
Add a comma
However,
show examples
there are
few
Correct article usage
a few
show examples
reductions, too.
For instance
, 5% of
people
learned some
language
than
last
decade.
Furthermore
, one in twenty
percentage
Replace the word
per cent
show examples
of
people
stopped studying French
while
there is no difference in learning German. 170+ words
Submitted by makemoneyizzy16 on

Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
Vocabulary: Replace the words two, people, language with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fifth paragraph.

Essentional vocabulary list for IELTS Writing 7+

Learn how to write high-scoring essays with powerful words.
Download Free PDF and start improving you writing skills today!
Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportions
  • British students
  • university
  • speaking other languages
  • language proficiency
  • overall trends
  • comparison
  • 2000
  • 2010
  • chart
  • data
  • percentage
  • significant
  • increase
  • decrease
  • noteworthy
  • comparative analysis
  • improvement
  • decline
  • conclusion
What to do next:
Look at other essays: