The flowchart below shows the process involved in completing the work experience requirement for university students. Fulfilling the Work Experience Requirement Credits will be awarded when the final report is submitted
Sample Response
Gaining work experience prior to graduation helps university students to succeed in getting their first job. For this reason, some universities insist that all students must complete a Work Experience Requirement. Completing the following six stages results in the fulfilment of the requirementrequirements’ fulfillment. The process begins with the Application stage. A student reviews an approved list of workplaces and submits applications to workplaces of interestplaces where he would like to work. The next stage is ApprovalNext is the Approval stage. When a student receives an acceptance letter, they submit ithe gives it to the professor for approval. The third stage, Schedule, requires a student to arrange his work schedule. The student should work at least 10 hours per week10 hours/week over 20 weeks. Reports are next. The student must complete a Weekly Report Form and submit itturn it in to the professor every Friday. The fifth stage, Evaluation, takes place during the final work week. A student participates in an evaluation meeting with his work supervisor, who submits an Evaluation Form. The last stage requires that a student submit a Final Report before the last week of the spring semesterbefore the last week of spring semester. By following these stages and subsequently submitting the final report, the student receives credit from the university.
Why this response received Band 7.5
The response gives an accurate, logically ordered account of nearly the entire six-stage process, with clear handling of timings, documents, and responsibilities. Its main limitation is the omission of arranging interviews during the application stage, while the single-block presentation makes the progression feel somewhat list-like. Prioritise complete coverage of every visual detail and group the opening, middle, and final stages into purposeful paragraphs.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The response presents a clear overview and accurately covers almost all six stages, their sequence, timings, documents, and final outcome.
Include the missing requirement to arrange interviews during the application stage so every significant visual detail is represented.
Coherence and Cohesion
The stages progress in a fully logical order and are connected clearly, although the single paragraph and repeated stage-label transitions feel somewhat mechanical.
Use purposeful paragraphing to group the early application stages, ongoing work requirements, and final completion stages.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is sufficiently varied and precise for the process, with effective terms such as acceptance letter, evaluation meeting, and work supervisor, despite occasional awkward phrasing.
Replace strained expressions such as requirements’ fulfillment with more natural wording such as fulfillment of the requirement.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A wide range of sentence structures is used accurately, and the few minor lapses do not impede communication.
Maintain the strong grammatical control while varying sentence openings to reduce repeated subject-led descriptions.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The flowchart below shows the process involved in completing the work experience requirement for university students. Fulfilling the Work Experience Requirement Credits will be awarded when the final report is submitted
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