Bar Chart

Band 7+: You should spend 20 minutes on this task. The chart below shows the percentage of people accessing news media via different media in one country in 2013, 2015, and 2017. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisions where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

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Image for topic: You should spend 20 minutes on this task. The chart below shows the percentage of people accessing news media via different media in one country in 2013, 2015, and 2017. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisions where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

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The image shows a bar graph detailing media usage by percentage of the population across four categories for the years 2013, 2015, and 2017: Television 2013: 79%, 2015: 74%, 2017: 76%; Newspapers (printed) 2013: 45%, 2015: 31%, 2017: 26%; Radio 2013: 36%, 2015: 35%, 2017: 33%; Internet (any device) 2013: 34%, 2015: 44%, 2017: 69%.

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The column chart compares the proportion of individuals utilizing different mediums to obtain news in a certain country in 2013, 2015, and 2017.

Overall, throughout the period, all figures showed a downward trend, with the exception of that for internet, which stood at the bottom in 2013 and culminated reached in second. Despite being the second most preferred medium among people at the beginning, printed newspaper lost their popularity towards the end of the period.

In detailed, the highest percentage of people watched TV to access the news. This figure fell from just under 80% to 68% in 2015, however then increased to just above 70%in the final year. There was considerable drop of 12% in the percentage of people who read newspaper, from 42% to 30% in 2015, and it was followed by a further decrease, declining to 23% in 2017.

After that, the figure for radio saw a marginal decrease from 33% to 30% in 2015, and then it virtually unchanged until 2017. By contrast, in the initial year internet was the least common medium among news readers. This figure rose from 32% to 41% in 2015, after which it underwent a substantial growth, reaching a peak of nearly 70% the most notable change on the chart.

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figure: 3

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Task Response

The report provides a clear overview and covers the main trends across the different media types. The overall structure is logical, with a general summary followed by detailed paragraphs. However, there are some inaccuracies in the data (e.g., TV figures, newspaper figures, radio figures, and internet figures are not precisely reported). Additionally, some phrasing is unclear or contains grammatical errors (e.g., 'culminated reached in second', 'virtually unchanged until 2017'). To improve, focus on accurately reporting the data from the visual and ensure that sentences are grammatically correct and clearly expressed.

Coherence & Cohesion

The report is generally well-organized with a clear overall trend statement and a logical progression through the categories. However, there are some minor lapses in cohesion, such as the phrase 'In detailed' which should be 'In detail', and the transition 'After that' could be smoother. The paragraphing is adequate but could be more skillfully managed to separate the description of each medium more distinctly.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary used is appropriate and shows some flexibility, with terms like 'culminated', 'marginal decrease', and 'substantial growth'. However, there are a few inaccuracies and awkward phrasings, such as 'culminated reached in second' and 'virtually unchanged until 2017' (missing 'was'). The range could be expanded with more precise and varied expressions to achieve a higher score.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The report demonstrates a reasonable range of grammatical structures, but there are several errors that affect clarity. Examples include 'culminated reached in second' (incorrect verb form), 'There was considerable drop' (missing article 'a'), and 'it virtually unchanged' (missing verb 'was'). Punctuation is mostly correct, but the errors in grammar and sentence construction prevent the report from achieving a higher band.

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