The charts below show the proportions of British students at one university in England who were able to speak other languages in addition to English, in 2000 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The charts below show the proportions of British students at one university in England who were able to speak other languages in addition to English, in 2000 and 2010. 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 given pie charts represent the number of British
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student
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students
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percentagewise who are capable of speaking other languages rather than their native
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in a particular university, in
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year
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2000 and 2010.
Overall
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, it can be observed in
both
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years
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that
Spanish
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the Spanish
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language
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was the
second
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most popular after English with the highest figure among
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student
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students
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.
In contrast
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, German was the least
language
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used in
both
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years
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. In 2000,
Spanish
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the Spanish
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language
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was famous among
student
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with
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one-third
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of the figures
while
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German and
two
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other languages
was
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identical with 10% each.
Similarly
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, French and another
language
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were
both
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equal with 15%. After 10
years
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, Spanish was yet the top
language
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and gained a slight increase of 5% reaching 35%. Meanwhile, the figure for German didn’t change and stood at 10. Comparing
both
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years
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,
both
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another
language
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and two other
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language
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experienced
a
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growth
by
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5% reaching 20% and 15% respectively. As for the
Student
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who
speak
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speaks
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only English, the percentage fall from 20% in 2000 to half of that by the end of the period.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words student, language, both, years with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • multilingualism
  • globalisation
  • immigration
  • education policy
  • career prospects
  • cultural understanding
  • distribution
  • percentage
  • increased/decreased
  • significant
  • trends
  • shifts
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