The pie charts illustrate the portion of students at one university in the UK who can speak other languages besides English, in the years 2000 and 2010.

The pie charts illustrate the portion of

students

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at one university in the UK who can speak other languages

besides

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English, in the years 2000 and 2010.

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, the data experienced an increasing trend in terms of

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that were able to speak Spanish and another language. Meanwhile, the opposite trend for

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could speak in French and no other language. In 2000, the proportion of pupils who were able to speak Spanish was the highest than other languages at a

third,

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portion increased to 35%

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10 years later.

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, similar to the Spanish figure,

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seemed to be able to speak both one and two languages, which was going up by 5% in 2010. Unfortunately, the proportion of

students

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who could speak

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German remained stable (10%) in the given period. At another glance, it can be noticeable that pupils

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the ability to communicate in French or another language witnessed a

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trend. These portions declined

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half from the initial portion over a decade.