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IELTS Writing Task 1

International Student Trends

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Bar Graph

Instructions

WRITING TASK 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The graph below shows the percentage of international students in various countries in three different years 2005, 2010 and 2015.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

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Band 6-7

IELTS Learner

25 days ago

The bar graph illustrates the number of international students going to various countries namely USA, Canada, UK ,Australia and New Zealand in the year 2005, 2010 and 2015 with the number represented in percentage . Overall , it is evident that the graph shows a varied pattern of growth among three years in all countries but , it is seen that Canada and Australia shows the highest growth with more number of students of all the countries . Of all the countries , Canada stands out with a rise seen in number of students from the year 2005 till 2015 with above 30% seen in 2005 to almost about 80% seen in 2015 . Along with Canada , Australia also shows a promising increase in number of international students going with almost around 30% in the year 2005 to touching upto 50% in the year 2015 . On the other hand , USA shows a varied growth with near 40% students in the year 2005 to an increase to almost 60% in the year 2010 with a sudden decline seen in 2015 to 40% . Apart , from these two countries , UK seems to have remain essentially unchanged with its growth with outside students where the number hovers between 45% to 50% . Moreover , New Zealand is now becoming more popular among international students with a rise seen in 2010 . Thus , to conclude it is seen that there is an increase in number of students from outside countries with major preference given to Canada and Australia of all the other countries in the year 2015 .

Band 6-7

IELTS Learner

25 days ago

The graph displays the percentage of international students in USA, Canada UK, Australia and New Zealand in three different years 2005, 2010 and 2015. Overall, foreign students prefer to stay in Canada then followed by USA, UK, Australia and lastly in New Zealand. As we can observer, in the year 2005 UK stands in top with 45% of foreign students then comes USA with 35%. An Equal percentage is seen in Canada and Australia which is 32% of non-native students. The least percentage of international students belongs to New Zealand with 15%. Clearly, the margin is raised from 2005 to 2010. In the year 2010, the three countries namely USA, Canda and UK are accepting foriegn students in large number which is above 50% in each country. On the other hand Australia and New Zealand show a similar percentage which is below 50%. When it comes to the year 2015, surprisingly Canada has the highest percentage of international students. It has 78% of international students which is by far the largest percentage seen across these 15 years (from 2005 to 2015). The percentage of foreign students in USA, UK and Australia fall between the range of 40% and 50%. While it is less than 40% in New Zealand.

Band 6-7

IELTS Learner

26 days ago

The bar graph illustrates the propotion of foreign learners in different countries in three different years 2005, 2010 and 2015. The preferences are meausred in percentage. Overall, all the countries except Canada and Australia followed a fluctuating trend over the given time period. Wheras, Australia and Canada showed a steady positive change over the given three years. To begin with, In 2005, UK had the most foreign nationals among the all with just below 50 percent followed by USA, Canada, Australia. However, New Zealand had just below 20 percent of international students in lowest among all. On the other hand in 2010, All countries showed a upward trend. USA, Canada and UK maintained a steady positive change with former two having similar percentages, all three crossed the mark of above 50 percent. Although Australia and New Zealand also crossed the mark of 40 percent but New Zealand depcited a dramatical increase in foreign nationals with a margin more than the double compared to 2005. However, In 2010 USA, UK and New Zealand showed a gradual decline in number of students. On the other hand Canada and Australia followed their earlier trend and former one reaching just below 80 percent.

Band 6-7

IELTS Learner

1 month ago

The following bar graph represents the percentage of international students in various countries in three different years 2005, 2010 and 2015. Lets analyse and interpret the grpah. In the year 2005, while New Zealand had the lowest number of international students close to 17%, UK registered the highest number of internatiobal students approximately 47%. USA, Canada and Australia were close to each otther 37%, 33% and 32% respectively. In the year 2010, USA had the highest international students close to 58% slighlty more than Canada which is at 57%. UK had 52% and Australia and New Zealand were close to each other 41% and 42% respectively. In the year 2015, Canada had the lead with more than 80% international students. UK and Australia were close to each other 50% and 48% respectively. USA had 42% international students and for New Zealand it was 38%. Leaving Canada no other country follows a steady trend in terms of international students.

Band 6-7

IELTS Learner

1 month ago

The bar diagram illustrates the proportion of educates all over the world in USA, Canada, UK, Australia as well as New Zealand in various years 2005, 2010 and 2015. The unit is measured in percentage. Overall, the highest number of scholars are in canada in the year 2015 whereas, the least is in New Zealand in the year 2005. An in detail analysis of the diagram depicts that, in USA almost 40% of students were there in 2005 and the percentile rose by upto 20% after 5 years. Besides, a decline is visible in the year 2015 as nearly 40%. Moreover, in case of Canada there was a steady increase in percentile of learners over a decade as around 35%, 60% respectively, and sky rocketed to almost to 80% five years later. Furthermore, in UK the percentage reached upto 35% in 2005 and remained approximately stable in the following years. However, it was only just above one third pecentile in Australia in the firts few years and reached a peak gradually close to 50 percentage. Finally, in New Zealand the percentage was plummeted during the first year but a visible increment was noted after 5 years then had a slight dwindle over the next half decade.

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