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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. 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
two
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 pie charts compare the percentage of British
students
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 in a university who could communicate in different languages in
two
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 years, 2000 and 2010.
Overall
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,
students
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 in
this
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 university who were able to speak English only accounted for the highest proportion.
Furthermore
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, the percentage of British
students
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 who were multilingual increased after 10 years. In 2000, 30% of
students
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 were capable of using the mother tongue only, followed by 20% who could speak Spanish. The percentages of
students
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 using French or another language were equal, at 15%,
while
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 10% of participants could interact in French or
two
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 other languages. After a decade, English-speaking
students
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 still dominated in
this
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 school, with 35% of them using
this
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 language only, compared to a rise of 5% in the proportions of another or
two
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 other language speakers. French and Spanish users,
however
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, occupied lower percentages in 2010, with its figure declining by 5% each. Only the percentage of German speakers stayed static over time.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words two, students with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "compare" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • multilingualism
  • globalisation
  • immigration
  • education policy
  • career prospects
  • cultural understanding
  • distribution
  • percentage
  • increased/decreased
  • significant
  • trends
  • shifts
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