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 comparisons where relevant.

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 comparisons where relevant.
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The pie charts present information about the percentages of British students speaking other languages
in addition
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in 2000 and 2010. Obviously, children speaking only
English
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account for the largest proportion in both 2000 and 2010.
Moreover
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, for 10 years, undergraduates who speak Spanish only
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a dramatic downward trend. As the pie chart in 2000 depicts, children who just speak
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take up the highest percentage.
On the contrary
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, The smallest part belongs to
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.
On the other hand
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,
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undergraduates
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using German only or French only have equal percentages, at 15%. After a decade, the proportion of
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English speaking
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students increase slightly to 35%
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German-speaking children stabilize at 10%.
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French and Spanish users occupied lower percentages in 2010, with their
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declining by 5% and 10% respectively.
To sum up
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,
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still be used by the largest number of students
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others fluctuate slightly or remain steady.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words english with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "charts" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • multilingualism
  • globalisation
  • immigration
  • education policy
  • career prospects
  • cultural understanding
  • distribution
  • percentage
  • increased/decreased
  • significant
  • trends
  • shifts
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