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

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who spoke different

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in addition

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

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

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see an increase in the

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of

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and

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third language

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

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were able to speak one or two foreign

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

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of those who spoke a

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second

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language. There was

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

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of

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who were able to speak two foreign

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. Looking at the specific

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second

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spoken, in 2000, 30% of the

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

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of Spanish

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

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, and the figure for German

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remained at one in ten.

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, we can see that the percentage of

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of other

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second

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languages

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