WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The bar chart below shows estimated world illiteracy rates by region and by gender for the last year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

In the

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chart

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its

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shows the estimated world

illiteracy

rate

by

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region and by gender for the

last

year.

while

it is a commonly held belief that

female

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females

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have the lowest

rate

of

illiteracy

. In my

opinion

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it's quite the opposite, I consider that

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females

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have the highest rates of

illiteracy

compared to

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males

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.

To begin

with

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the

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shows different rates in every region. In South Asia

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females

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have the highest

rate

of

illiteracy

in all

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reaching up to 60%,

while

male

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males

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have much lower

illiteracy

reaching more than 30%. In Arab

states

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states,

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the second highest

rate

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illiteracy

reaches up to 50%, at the same time male

illiteracy

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lower than

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female

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with almost 30%. In sub-Saharan Africa the third highest

rate

in

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illiteracy

for

female

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females

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with the

rate

going up to 50% whilst

male

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the male

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rate

reach

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to

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30%. It's noticeable that the

rate

decreases when it comes to Latin American/ Caribbean and developed countries with the

rate

precent

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per cent

present

between

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and female

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noticeably close.

To sum up

, some people may have different opinions regarding the

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, but I believe that

illiteracy

is a huge issue and

need

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needs

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immediate attention.