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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 7th September
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The table and pie chart shows the number of research students in Australian universities in 2001 and 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The table gives information about the number of students who conduct research in Australia universities over two separate years, 2001 and 2010 while the pie charts give more detail information about genders of mentioned students.
Overall, according to the table, the number of research students from both local and international areas experienced increases over the time period, in which that of research students from local areas accounted for the greatest proportion in total. It also can be seen from the pie charts that there was a reduction in the number of male and female students of the local area whereas that of international students showed an opposite trend.
In 2001, both male and female coming from local regions were the primary source of research students in Australian universities, with exactly equal proportions of 43%, after which they fell slightly to 39% and 35% respectively. During the period of 9 years, there was a growth in the percentage of international male students, rising from a tiny 3% to 12% in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of international female students also showed a similar trend, with an increase from 4% to a modest 15% in 2010.
In addition, starting at 33657 and 5192 students in 2001 respectively, the number of local and international research students both increased to 39488 and 14593 students, nearly a 3-fold increase, at the end of the period.
