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

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
The pie charts illustrate the percentage of British
students
speaking other languages than
English
in the frame of 2000 and 2010.
Overall
, from the
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it can be understood that from 2000 to 2010 the percentage of British
students
able to speak Spanish, one or two languages
in addition
to
English
increased,
while
there were
less
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students
speaking French or not able to speak
other language
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another language
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than
English
. In
details
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,
students
knowing Spanish made up the majority of all
students
both in 2000 and 2010, with an increase
by
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5% (from 30% to 35%).
Moreover
, the portion of
students
learning one or two more languages rose slightly in that university (from 10% to 15% and from 15% to 20%
accordingly
).
By contrast
, the percentage of British
students
able to speak French decreased by 5%.
Also
, the number of
students
that were not able to speak any other language than
English
dropped as well. It is interesting to notice that the ratio of
students
speaking German remained the same,
with
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10%.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportions
  • British students
  • university
  • speaking other languages
  • language proficiency
  • overall trends
  • comparison
  • 2000
  • 2010
  • chart
  • data
  • percentage
  • significant
  • increase
  • decrease
  • noteworthy
  • comparative analysis
  • improvement
  • decline
  • conclusion
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