The given table compares the average band scores for non-native students from four different language groups participating in the IELTS General Test in the year 2010. Overall, it can be clearly seen that the scores in Speaking were far higher than that of the 3 skills. Furthermore, German students witnessed the highest scores in 4 English skills over the given year.
In detail, although the band scores of the German groups were a little lower than Malay in Reading skills, with 6.3 and 6.4 respectively, the remaining skills of students speaking German had significant scores, ranging from 6.6 and 6.9. In contrast, Malay undergraduates witnessed the lowest scores in Listening, and two output skills, at just 6.2, 6.0, and 6.6 respectively. Looking at French and Indonesian students, these average band scores were the same in input skills, at 6.3 for Listening and 6.1 for Reading; whereas, Writing and Speaking saw a little difference in these language groups, at 6.5 and 6.1, 6.6, and 6.7 respectively.
Turning to overall average scores, German candidates had the highest scores, at 6.7, while French, Malay, and Indonesian participants were slightly lower than that, with 6.5, 6.4, and 6.3 respectively.
- The government has announced that it plans to build a new university Some people think that your community would be a good place to locate the university Compare the advantages and disadvantages of a new university in your community 61
- Many people believe that formal pen and paper examinations are not the best method of assessing educational achievement Discuss this view and give your own opinion 73
- The table below shows the average band scores for students from different language groups taking the IELTS General Test in 2010 84
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
furthermore, if, look, whereas, while, in contrast
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 5.0 7.0 71% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 1.00243902439 100% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 6.8 162% => OK
Relative clauses : 3.0 3.15609756098 95% => OK
Pronoun: 6.0 5.60731707317 107% => OK
Preposition: 24.0 33.7804878049 71% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 3.97073170732 25% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1023.0 965.302439024 106% => OK
No of words: 195.0 196.424390244 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.24615384615 4.92477711251 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.73687570622 3.73543355544 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.76141346764 2.65546596893 104% => OK
Unique words: 109.0 106.607317073 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.558974358974 0.547539520022 102% => OK
syllable_count: 282.6 283.868780488 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.45097560976 96% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 1.53170731707 131% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.33902439024 46% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.07073170732 187% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 0.482926829268 1035% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 3.36585365854 238% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 6.0 8.94146341463 67% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 32.0 22.4926829268 142% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 96.5056129628 43.030603864 224% => The lengths of sentences changed so frequently.
Chars per sentence: 170.5 112.824112599 151% => OK
Words per sentence: 32.5 22.9334400587 142% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.33333333333 5.23603664747 159% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 3.83414634146 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 1.69756097561 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 3.70975609756 108% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 1.13902439024 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.09268292683 49% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.302350266952 0.215688989381 140% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.169649062659 0.103423049105 164% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.195576405863 0.0843802449381 232% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.20667525204 0.15604864568 132% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.157734224664 0.0819641961636 192% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.5 13.2329268293 147% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.92 61.2550243902 91% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.51609756098 135% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 10.3012195122 130% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.76 11.4140731707 121% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.95 8.06136585366 111% => OK
difficult_words: 46.0 40.7170731707 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.4329268293 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.8 10.9970731707 135% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.0658536585 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
furthermore, if, look, whereas, while, in contrast
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 5.0 7.0 71% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 1.00243902439 100% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 6.8 162% => OK
Relative clauses : 3.0 3.15609756098 95% => OK
Pronoun: 6.0 5.60731707317 107% => OK
Preposition: 24.0 33.7804878049 71% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 3.97073170732 25% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1023.0 965.302439024 106% => OK
No of words: 195.0 196.424390244 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.24615384615 4.92477711251 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.73687570622 3.73543355544 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.76141346764 2.65546596893 104% => OK
Unique words: 109.0 106.607317073 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.558974358974 0.547539520022 102% => OK
syllable_count: 282.6 283.868780488 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.45097560976 96% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 1.53170731707 131% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.33902439024 46% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.07073170732 187% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 0.482926829268 1035% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 3.36585365854 238% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 6.0 8.94146341463 67% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 32.0 22.4926829268 142% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 96.5056129628 43.030603864 224% => The lengths of sentences changed so frequently.
Chars per sentence: 170.5 112.824112599 151% => OK
Words per sentence: 32.5 22.9334400587 142% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.33333333333 5.23603664747 159% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 3.83414634146 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 1.69756097561 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 3.70975609756 108% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 1.13902439024 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.09268292683 49% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.302350266952 0.215688989381 140% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.169649062659 0.103423049105 164% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.195576405863 0.0843802449381 232% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.20667525204 0.15604864568 132% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.157734224664 0.0819641961636 192% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.5 13.2329268293 147% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.92 61.2550243902 91% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.51609756098 135% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 10.3012195122 130% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.76 11.4140731707 121% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.95 8.06136585366 111% => OK
difficult_words: 46.0 40.7170731707 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.4329268293 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.8 10.9970731707 135% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.0658536585 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.