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.
The upper and lower charts illustrate the
percentage
of
British
students
' second languages at one university in the UK during the given years. A closer examination of the charts reveals that
British
students
who were able to speak German made up the highest number
of
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30% in 2000 and 35% in 2010.
However
,
while
the
percentage
of
British
students
only speaking
English
halved from 20% in 2000 to 10% in 2010, that of those using another language
besides
French, German, and Spanish increased from 15% in 2000 to 20% in 2010.
This
alternation caused the figure for
another
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language users to surpass that for
English
speakers without other language abilities in 2010.
Furthermore
, a similar trend was seen in
British
students
who could speak French and two other languages.
While
the
percentage
of
students
who were trilingual rose by 5%, accounting for 15% in 2010, that of those speaking French declined by the same
percentage
, reaching 10% in 2010.
In contrast
,
British
students
who could speak German
in addition
to
English
remained the same
percentage
of 10% over the corresponding period, which was the lowest figure.
Overall
,
it is clear that
the majority of
British
students
could use other languages
in addition
to
English
both in 2000 and 2010.
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