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 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
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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.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportions
  • British students
  • university
  • speaking other languages
  • language proficiency
  • overall trends
  • comparison
  • 2000
  • 2010
  • chart
  • data
  • percentage
  • significant
  • increase
  • decrease
  • noteworthy
  • comparative analysis
  • improvement
  • decline
  • conclusion
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