The charts below show the proportion of British students at one university in the 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 proportion of British students at one university in the 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 pie charts illustrate how much of British
students
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are able to speak another language except English in a specific university in England in two different years 2000 and 2010.
Overall
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, most
students
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could speak one of these languages namely, French, German, and Spanish in both years.
However
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, just a small proportion of
students
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didn’t know any other languages. In 2000, one-third of
students
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could speak Spanish. After a decade, in 2010,
this
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number rose by 5% and reached 35%.
However
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, in that period the proportion of
students
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who were able to speak French fell about 5%, from 15% in 2000 and 10% in 2010. The number of
students
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who knew
German
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language
in addition
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to English remained at that period, 10%. The number of British
students
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who were able to speak another language
except
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besides
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French, German, and Spanish increased by just 5% from 2000 to 2010, 15% and 20% respectively.
This
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pattern
also
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happened for
students
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who knew two other languages, 10% to 15%. in 2000, 20% of
students
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just could speak English,
while
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this
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proportion decreased sharply to 10%.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
Vocabulary: Replace the words students with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
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