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.
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The pie charts illustrate the percentage of British students in England who were capable of speaking other
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English in 2000 and 2010. In general, it can be seen that the total number of people who had the ability to speak additional one
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remained the same at 55% in 2000 and 2010. Spanish was the most commonly spoken in both years. People who spoke only Spanish accounted for the largest proportion in 2000 and 2010 at 30% and 35% respectively. The number of students who can speak only German remained unchanged at 10% in both years, meanwhile French spoken dropped from 15 to 10
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throughout the given period. The percentage of spoken other
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% whether one or two
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there was a decline of 10% of people who speak only English from 20% to 10%.
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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words languages with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
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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