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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 17th May
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The table below shows the salaries of secondary/high school teachers in 2009.
| Countries | Starting | After 15 years | Maximum | Years to reach maximum salary |
| Australia | 28,000 | 48,000 | 48,000 | 9 |
| Denmark | 45,000 | 54,000 | 54,000 | 8 |
| Luxembourg | 80,000 | 1119,000 | 132,000 | 30 |
| Japan | 34,000 | 65,000 | 86,000 | 37 |
| Korea | 30,000 | 48,000 | 62,000 | 34 |
SAMPLE ANSWER
The table depicts the income of high school teachers of five nations. the values describe the starting salary and after 15 years salary.
Overall, the data in the table reveals that the teachers from Luxembourg as highest-paid teachers as compared to Australian teachers. On the other hand, Japan holds the first position in years to reach maximum salary.
To begin with Luxembourg, teachers received the highest salary at the start of career recorded 80,000 which is almost twice of the other countries. After 15 years teachers from Luxembourg might get 119,000, and the maximum salary of the teachers in that country is 132,000, but they required 30 years to reach this amount of salary. Coming to Denmark, teachers may receive 54,000 after 15 years, but the maximum salary remains the same even after eight years.
Furthermore, with Australia, Japan and Korea, teachers from Australia and Korea might get 48,000 as a salary after 15 years. However, Korea leads with 14000 in maximum salary from Australia, but Australian teachers get a maximum salary within nine years on the other hand teachers from Korea wait for a long time to reach the maximum salary. Moreover, Japanese teachers wait for 37 years to reach the maximum salary.
