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 comparison

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in a British university who know how to speak foreign languages in two

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years 2000 and 2010.

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Spanish was by far the most popular

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spoken by people

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that university.

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, with the exception of

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, all the percentages of individuals who were able to speak more than one

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rose during the research period. In 2000, 30% of people in the university were able to speak Spanish, which was the highest

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in the graph. Meanwhile, the rate of

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who

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not know any

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other than English stood at 20%. In the same year, the proportions of those speaking French and another

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were equal, at 15% respectively.

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, 10% of the

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knew either German or two other languages. During 2010,

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the percentage of

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who do not know any other

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dropped to 10%, the

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for Spanish speakers rose slightly to 35%. At the same time, both the rates of individuals who know another

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and two other languages increased by 5% to 20% and 15% respectively.

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German's

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remained at the same level, the proportion of French speakers declined by 5% to 10%.