BAND 5.5 IELTS ESSAY SAMPLE: ANALYZING AND COMPARING DATA ON INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES IN 2004 AND 2012

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The bar chart and table show information about students from abroad studying in four English-speaking countries in 2004 and 2012.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Essay Sample

The bar chart and table show information about students from overseas studying in four English-speaking countries between 2004 till 2012.As the bar chart indicates the number of the foreign students has increased in all the four countries .
The USA with the total numbers of the students about 250000 is in the first place and the Canada with about a fifth of the numbers stands the last with about a total number of around 60000 students .It also obvious The UK and Australia are in heel with about 120000 students.
The figures in the percentage table shows the percentage of the foreign students in the UK, Australia and has raised but he figure remained constant for the USA. The Australia is in the first place of the table by 4 % and the UK and Canada are in the next place with respect of 3 and 2 percent. In 2004 the Australia by 19 per cent is the first place IT kept its place in2012.