BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 27th March

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IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1

The graphs below show information about the workforce of Malaysia in 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

SAMPLE ANSWER

The pie charts show information about the workforce of Malaysia in 2010. The workers are categorised into local employees and foreign workers.

In the first pie, the local employees were comprised mainly of the working class at 64%. This is followed by clerical positions at 23% and then the least is managerial ones with only 13%. On the other hand, nearly half of all foreign workers had clerical positions at 46% of the total. Managerial positions come next at 39% and lastly the working class at just 15%. All in all, Malaysia’s workforce is more or less equal under the different work categories. There were 39% in the working class, 35% in clerical positions, and 26% in managerial ones.

In summary, there were far more blue-collar workers among local employees in Malaysia. As to foreign workers, most of them worked in clerical positions. Overall, the total workforce of Malaysia in 2010 was mostly comprised of the working class.

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