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 graph shows the percentages of university students in an institution in England who were British English speakers but could speak other
languages
in the years 2000 and 2010.
It is clear that
most of the people who could speak other languages
were good at Spanish
in both periods. Additionally
, the rate for persons who could speak 'Two other languages
' and German remained the same, whereas
the same for the others changed after 10 years.
To begin
with, the proportion of persons (who went to study at the university) who could speak Spanish
and 'Another language
' increased from 2000 to 2010. The Spanish
portion rose from 30% to 35% and the same numbers for 'Another language
' are 15% and 20% according to
the graphic. In contrast
, the French-speaking population experienced a 5% fall in 2010; however
, the rate for 'No other language
' collapsed to half (from 20% to 10%) in the 10-year period, surprisingly.
Moreover
, the popularity of German and 'Two other languages
' had been consistent throughout the decade, which is indicated by 10% in the chart.
Overall
, Spanish
was the favorite
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favourite
language
of the British at that university after English from 2000 to the following 10 years. Although
half of the other ratios were altered by 5%, a significant proportional decline occurred in the people of Britain with no other language
skills.Submitted by Jasim Uddin Rahat on
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