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. Compare it

The tables compare the percentages of British university

students

who spoke different

languages

in addition

to English in two separate years. It is noticeable that in both years, 2000 and 2010, the majority of British

students

at the university in question were able to speak at least one other language. We can

also

see an increase in the

proportion

of

second

and

third language

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speakers

over the 10-year period. In the year 2000, 80% of the

students

were able to speak one or two foreign

languages

, and 20% only spoke English. Ten years later, there was a rise of 5% in the

proportion

of those who spoke a

second

language. There was

also

an increase, from 10% to 15%, in the

proportion

of

students

who were able to speak two foreign

languages

. Looking at the specific

second

languages

spoken, in 2000, 30% of the

students

were able to speak Spanish, 15% spoke French, and 10% spoke German. By 2010, the

proportion

of Spanish

speakers

had risen to 35%, there were 5% fewer French

speakers

, and the figure for German

speakers

remained at one in ten.

Finally

, we can see that the percentage of

speakers

of other

second

languages

, apart from Spanish, French and German, rose from 15% to 20% over the period shown.