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

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
The charts compare the proportion of
students
in a British university who know how to speak foreign languages in two
seperate
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separate
years 2000 and 2010.
It is clear that
Spanish was by far the most popular
second
language
spoken by people
in
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that university.
Additionally
, with the exception of
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the French's
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French's
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figure
, all the percentages of individuals who were able to speak more than one
language
rose during the research period. In 2000, 30% of people in the university were able to speak Spanish, which was the highest
figure
in the graph. Meanwhile, the rate of
students
who
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not know any
language
other than English stood at 20%. In the same year, the proportions of those speaking French and another
language
were equal, at 15% respectively.
Likewise
, 10% of the
students
knew either German or two other languages. During 2010,
while
the percentage of
students
who do not know any other
language
dropped to 10%, the
figure
for Spanish speakers rose slightly to 35%. At the same time, both the rates of individuals who know another
language
and two other languages increased by 5% to 20% and 15% respectively.
While
German's
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remained at the same level, the proportion of French speakers declined by 5% to 10%.
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  • proportion
  • converse
  • additional languages
  • language proficiency
  • monolingual
  • multilingualism
  • proficient
  • trend
  • significant changes
  • decade
  • notable increase
  • commonly spoken
  • comparison
  • data reveal
  • observed
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