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IELTS Academic Task 1: Bar Chart — Education
Original practice prompt written in exam style — not a real exam question, and not a prediction.
The chart below shows the percentage of male and female students who chose each of six university subjects in 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The data is as follows (percentage of each gender choosing the subject; each column totals 100%). Engineering: 28% of men, 8% of women. Medicine: 11% of men, 22% of women. Business: 20% of men, 18% of women. Education: 6% of men, 24% of women. Computer science: 23% of men, 9% of women. Law: 12% of men, 19% of women. Business is the only subject where the two genders are closely balanced; the largest gaps are in engineering, computer science and education.
Examiner focus: Pair the subjects: two heavily male, three female-leaning, one balanced — quote the gap sizes, not just the rankings.
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