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.
The pie charts below illustrate the proportions of British
students
at one university in England who were able to speak other
languages
in addition
to
English
between 2000 and 2010. In general, in the year 2000, the
percentage
of
students
speaking
languages
other than
English
reach 80 per
cent
, the category of
students
who speak Spanish has the largest portion among the whole categories.
In addition
,
students
who speak only French and those speaking in other
languages
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15 per
cent
.
However
,
students
who speak two other
languages
and those who speak German only
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have
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the same
percentage
of 10 per
cent
which can be regarded as the smallest portion.
However
, there is only 20 per
cent
of
students
speak only
English
. It has a significant change in 2010, the
percentage
of
students
speaking
languages
other than
English
increased
10
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per
cent
compares to 2000. It shows 35 per
cent
of
students
speak Spanish which is still the biggest category in 2010. The
second
-largest portion is 20 per
cent
, in the category of
students
who speak other
languages
.
Furthermore
, the
percentage
of
students
who speak French only has a 10 per
cent
increase between 2000 and 2010. The group of
students
speaking in
English
and French decreased, both of them have 10 per
cent
only in 2010. Interestingly,
students
who speak German only keeps
steadily
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with
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at
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10 per
cent
in both 2000 and 2010.
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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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