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

number

of bilingual

students

studying at a university in England in 2000 and 2010.

Overall

, there were more

students

speaking another tongue in 2010 and the

number

of those who only speak English was likely to decline.

According to

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

number

of bilingual

students

who can speak either

Spanish

or another

language

in 2010

while

Spanish

continued to be the most common choice as a second

language

.

For example

, there was a slight rise of

Spanish

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

In addition

, 5% more

students

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

This

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

Spanish

and another

language

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

Spanish

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

language

in 2010.

For instance

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

Moreover

, far fewer

students

solely speak English as the

number

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

number

of multilingual speakers.