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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 8th June
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The table below gives information about a hotel (1975-2010).
| Global statistics: Shore Hotel Staff 1975-2010 | |||
| with language qualification % | speaking two or more languages % | previous work experience % | |
| 1975 | 5 | 10 | 75 |
| 1980 | 10 | 12 | 70 |
| 1985 | 12 | 14 | 78 |
| 1990 | 17 | 23 | 55 |
| 1995 | 21 | 48 | 65 |
| 2000 | 22 | 50 | 50 |
| 2005 | 21 | 65 | 45 |
| 2010 | 20 | 79 | 67 |
SAMPLE ANSWER
The table provides some background information on the staff working in a global hotel chain. The information goes back to 1975 and covers languages spoken and qualifications, as well as previous work experience. Between 1975 and 2000, there was a significant rise in the percentage of employees who held a qualification in a foreign language, from 5 percent to 22 percent. After this, there was a slight fall of 2 percent over the next ten years.
Ten percent of staff were able to speak at least two languages in 1975. At first, this figure rose by 13 percent to 23 percent in 1990. However, from 1990 to 2010, it rocketed to 79 percent.
Finally, the percentages of staff with experience in the hotel industry fluctuated between 1975 and 2010. In 1985, there was a peak at 78 percent, and this was followed by a sudden fall to 55 percent five years later. Figures then went up and down over the next 15 years.
Languages have become more important than experience in the hotel industry since 1975, but far more staff can speak other languages than have qualifications.
