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Band 7+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.The graph shows the number of students who visited three educational websites from 2012 to 2017.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.Write at least 150 words

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The image depicts student numbers on educational websites from 2012–2017: coursera.org has 2 million in 2012, 40 million in 2013, 120 million in 2014, 250 million in 2015, and maintains at 250 million in 2016; khanacademy.org shows incremental growth from 2 million in 2012 to 30 million in 2013, then 90 million in 2014, followed further increase to 150 million in 2015, reaching 180 million in 2016 and 250 million in 2017; udacity.com starts at 2 million in 2012, moves to 10 million in 2013, then 20 million in 2014, 30 million in 2015, 40 million in 2016, peaking at 50 million in 2017.

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The graph illustrates the number of students who used educational websites such as Coursera, Khan Academy and Udacity over a 5 year period, ranging from the year 2012 to 2017. The units are expressed in millions.

Overall, it was seen that Khan Academy was the most visited educational site by 2017, even though Coursera had a much bigger userbase in the year 2015. Meanwhile, Udacity has constantly been the less popular option among the three.

All three educational sites started with around the same number of users in 2012. From then on, Coursera userbase expanded rapidly, 50 million users in a single year (2013) and then doubled in the next year with over 100 million users in 2014. There was a sharp incline afterwards, peaking at 250 million visitors to the site in 2015. This was highest concurrent userbase recorded in the graph. However, there was gradual decline afterwards.Khan Academy on the other hand had a steady growth throughout the years, making it the most popular educational site by 2017 with around 250 million users, surprassing even Coursera. Udacity also had gradual growth but it was consistently had less visitors than its competitors with only 50 million visitors by 2017.

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Overall Band Score

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Vocabulary Complexity:
C1 - Intricate
Strive to incorporate even richer and more precise language.

Grammar Mistakes: N/A

Vocabulary Repetition:

million: 5

educational: 4

coursera: 4

users: 4

academy: 3

udacity: 3

userbase: 3

visitors: 3

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Task Response

The report effectively addresses the task by identifying the main trends and making relevant comparisons between the three websites. The overview is clear and provides a good summary of the overall patterns. The data selection is appropriate, and the description of the growth trajectories for each site is well-handled. To improve, ensure that the description of Coursera's growth in 2013 is more accurate relative to the provided data, and check for minor grammatical slips such as 'it was consistently had less visitors'. Overall, it is a strong response that meets the requirements of the task.

Coherence & Cohesion

The report is well-organized, moving logically from an introduction to an overview and then to specific details. The use of cohesive devices such as 'Overall', 'Meanwhile', 'From then on', and 'On the other hand' helps the reader follow the comparison between the three websites easily. To reach a higher band, ensure that transitions between sentences are even more seamless and avoid minor punctuation issues (e.g., adding a space after a period) to maintain a professional flow.

Lexical Resource

You have used a good range of vocabulary to describe trends, such as 'expanded rapidly', 'sharp incline', 'peaking at', and 'steady growth'. The use of 'userbase' and 'competitors' shows an ability to use context-appropriate terminology. To improve, try to incorporate more varied synonyms for 'growth' or 'increase' to avoid repetition and enhance the sophistication of the report.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The report demonstrates a good mix of simple and complex sentence structures. However, there are some grammatical inaccuracies that prevent a higher score. For example, 'it was consistently had less visitors' is grammatically incorrect (it should be 'it consistently had fewer visitors') and 'Coursera userbase' should be possessive ('Coursera's userbase'). Additionally, remember to use 'fewer' instead of 'less' when referring to countable nouns like 'visitors'. Improving these small errors in subject-verb agreement and noun usage will significantly boost your score.

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