BAND 7.0 IELTS ESSAY SAMPLE: ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF STUDENTS FROM ABROAD STUDYING IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES IN 2004 AND 2012

All General Writing Task 1 Samples / Band 7.0

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 supplied bar chart and table provide information on the number of overseas students who are studying in four different English speaking countries including USA, UK, Australia and Canada in the years 2004 and 2012.
From the bar chart and table it can be plainly viewed that there was an upward trend in the number and percentage of foreign students and while the USA had the maximum number of overseas students, it had the minimum students as percentage of total student number.
According to bar chart, the USA's number of students was about 175 and 245 in 2004 and 2012 respectively, being higher than all other countries in these years. Although the bar chart shows that the USA had the largest number of foreign students, the table displays that not only the USA had the least foreign students as percentage of total student but also there was a constant trend in the percentage of them (2%) in 2004 and 2012.
Moreover it can be seen that Canada had the lowest number and percentage of foreign students in these years. Australia and the UK were in the second and third position. It is seen that the number of foreign students in Australia and the UK were nearly the same equal to 120 and just under 200 in 2004 and 2012, respectively, while the percentage of them were completely different and Australia exceeded the UK in the percentage of foreign students in these years.