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