The two bar charts show the proportion of 14-16 year-old students studying a modern foreign language in an English speaking country, and the top three popular foreign languages. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two bar charts show the proportion of 14-16 year-old students studying a modern   foreign language in an English speaking country, and the top three popular foreign   languages. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features,   and make comparisons where relevant.
The given column graphs illustrate the percentage of
boys
and
girls
of
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the 14
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-16 year age group studying foreign
languages
, and the top three foreign
languages
opted by those children of an
English speaking
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country.
It is clear that
more
girls
than
boys
studied foreign
languages
, and French was the most popular out of the three given
languages
.
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50%
girls
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of girls
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and 30%
boys
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of boys
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studied foreign
languages
in 1984.
This
number fell among both genders and in 2007 40%
girls
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of girls
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and approximately 25%
boys
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of boys
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were studying foreign
languages
. In 1994, French was the most popular language and was studied by 50%
students
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of students
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. The percentage of
students
studying French nearly halved and became about 25% by 2007.
German
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Germany
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also
lost popularity as the proportion of
students
studying German fell from 20% to 15% over the given period.
Spanish
was the least popular language in the given two years, but surprisingly it is the only language whose popularity grew over time. In 1984, 5%
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of
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students
studied
Spanish
but 10% opted for
Spanish
in 2007.
Overall
, there were maximum
French
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number of French
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learners and the minimum
Spanish
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number of Spanish
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learners in the given years.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • modern foreign languages
  • English-speaking country
  • demographic
  • participation
  • gender disparities
  • trends
  • popularity rankings
  • analyzing
  • implications
  • cultural factors
  • economic ties
  • global job market
  • increasingly globalized
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