摘要：The present study aimed at investigating whether academic IELTS candidates
perform differently in writing on either a chart topic or a table topic of the IELTS
writing task 1 with regard to the four IELTS writing marking criteria i.e. task
achievement, coherence and cohesion, lexical resource, and grammar range and
accuracy. The study adopted a mixed methods approach. To this end, 45
candidates participated in the study. In the beginning, the participants were asked
to write on a chart topic of the IELTS writing task 1. After 10 days, the same
groups of participants were given a table topic of the IELTS writing task 1. All
their papers were then marked and analyzed quantitatively in accordance with
IELTS writing task 1 descriptor. Next, paired-samples statistical analyses were run
to find out how they performed. The results revealed that the participants' writing
performance on a chart topic was significantly higher than a table topic in terms of
task achievement, lexical resource, and grammar range and accuracy scores.
Concerning the qualitative side of this study, there was a significant difference
between candidates’ performance in chart and table topics with respect to task
achievement and lexical resource. However, the results did not manifest any
significant differences between candidates’ performance getting chart and table
prompts in terms of coherence, cohesion, and grammar range and accuracy.
关键词：academic IELTS writing task 1; coherence and cohesion; grammar range and
accuracy; lexical resource; task achievemen
