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 comparison

The charts illustrate the

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of bilingual

students

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studying at a university in England in 2000 and 2010.

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, there were more

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speaking another tongue in 2010 and the

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of those who only speak English was likely to decline.

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the charts, there was an equal amount of increase in the

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of bilingual

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who can speak either

Spanish

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or another

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in 2010

while

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continued to be the most common choice as a second

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.

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, there was a slight rise of

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speakers by 5% from 30% in 2000 to 35% in 2010.

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, 5% more

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acquired another tongue in 2010 as the population steadily grows from 15% to 20%.

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demonstrates a certain tendency of British learners to choose another tongue rather than French and German in 2010 and the total proportion of those who speak

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and another

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accounted for more than half in 2010. In spite of the rising trends of

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and other tongues, French became less popular for British pupils to take as an additional

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in 2010.

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, it dropped from 15% to 10%, which made it as common as German in 2010.

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, far fewer

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solely speak English as the

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dramatically declined by half. German remained stable at 10% and no changes occurred in the

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of multilingual speakers.