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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 chart illustrates the
percentage
 of
students
 in an England university and their ability to communicate in different languages other than English in 2000 and 2010.
Overall
, the
percentage
 of
students
 who only spoke English has been reduced over the years and Spanish has been a commonly spoken
language
. In the year 2000, the majority of the
students
 were able to communicate in Spanish holding 30 % and the
second
 highest
with
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 20% of
students
 who did not have a
second
language
. French only and another
language
 accounted for 15%
while
German only
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speakers
 and two other
language
speakers
 captured 10%. In 2010, the greater proportion being Spanish
speakers
 accounted for 35% with a notable slight rise
than
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 the year 2000,
likewise
, another
language
 and two other
language
speakers
also
 noted
with
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an increase in their
percentage
 from 15% to 20% and 10% to 15% respectively.
Students
 who spoke no other
language
 proportion dropped by half to 10% and
French only
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speakers
 with a slight decrease to 10%,
,
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lastly
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 the
percentage
 of
German only
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German-only
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speakers
 remained the same.
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Basic structure: Change the third paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words percentage, students, language, speakers with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slight" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the third paragraph.
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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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