The charts below show the propo时ions 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 comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts display the percentages of British students from one English university who were able to speak

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other than English in 2000 and 2010.

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, the

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of students who were able to speak other

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went up in 2010, with Spanish being the most commonly spoken one in both years. Those who only spoke Spanish accounted for the greatest proportions of students in both 2000 and 2010, at 30 and 35

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respectively. With an increase to 20 and 15

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, those who spoke another language and those who spoke two other

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became the second and third largest groups in 2010. The

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of those who spoke no other

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, in comparison, dropped by half to only 10

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. Of those who were able to speak other

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, French-only speakers were the only group whose

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experienced a decline from 15 to 10

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the

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of German-only speakers stayed at 10

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.