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 chart depicts the changing percentages of
the
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native
students
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in the U.K. who have the ability to communicate in another
language
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for the
last
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10 years between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, British
students
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decided to learn for communicating in a
second
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language
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around 80% of
students
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and the other 20% are choosing to learn only their native
language
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. most of them chose to learn Spanish
nearly
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third
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a third
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.
Secondly
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, French and other
languages
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are less than a
third
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each. The
last
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choice for learning is German and two other
languages
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around one in ten each. In 2001, British
students
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choose to learn another
language
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for communicating in
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second
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language
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around 90% and the other 10% speak only their native
language
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. Around 35%, most of the
students
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decided to learn Spanish.
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, around 20% chose to learn another
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.
Thirdly
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, around 15% are learning to speak two other
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. The least
languages
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the
students
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are learning to speak are French and German.
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, in 10 years, the number of English
students
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is
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decided to learn another
language
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for communication rose gradually to around 10% from 2000. Most
languages
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British
students
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choose to learn as a
second
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language
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are Spanish and the least
language
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decides
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to learn is German.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "last, second, secondly, third".
Vocabulary: Replace the words students, language, languages with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 7 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • multilingualism
  • globalisation
  • immigration
  • education policy
  • career prospects
  • cultural understanding
  • distribution
  • percentage
  • increased/decreased
  • significant
  • trends
  • shifts
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