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

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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.