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.

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.
The pie charts provided compare the percentages of British students at a certain university in the UK capable of speaking in some other languages
as well as
English between 2000 and 2010. Upon a meticulous examination of the given charts, it becomes evident that the proportions witnessed a decline in two clusters, namely No other
language
and French only,
while
the rate for German only remained unchanged.
Furthermore
, the portions for Spanish only, Another
language
, and Two other languages increased the same. As illustrated by the diagrams, the portion of students who could not speak in any other
language
except English underwent a twofold drop to 10% in 2010.
Similarly
, the figures for those who could speak in French (only)
in addition
to English nosedived by 5% to 10% in 2010.
Moreover
, the numbers for German only stayed constant at 10% throughout the given interval.
By contrast
, the figures for the remained clusters had an upward trend. More precisely, these figures climbed by 5% to 35%, 20%, and 15% for Spanish only, Another
language
, and Two other languages, respectively.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportions
  • British students
  • university
  • speaking other languages
  • language proficiency
  • overall trends
  • comparison
  • 2000
  • 2010
  • chart
  • data
  • percentage
  • significant
  • increase
  • decrease
  • noteworthy
  • comparative analysis
  • improvement
  • decline
  • conclusion
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