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 comparisons where relevant.

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 comparisons where relevant.
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The pie charts illustrate the percentages of British
students
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at a certain university in England that could speak a foreign
language
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alongside English in two separate years: 2000 and 2010.
Overall
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, it is clearly observable that in both years Spanish
language
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accounted for the most popular
language
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,
whereas
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the proportion of
students
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that were able to speak German or two other languages was the smallest over
this
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period. In 2000, just under one-third of
students
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spoke Spanish,
whereas
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the second most popular
language
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was French, where 15% of
students
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had been speaking French. From
this
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year until 2010, the percentage of those who were able to speak Spanish increased marginally to 35%,
while
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the figure for those who could communicate through the French
language
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saw a fall of 5%.
Furthermore
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, the proportion of pupils who had been speaking another
language
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grew from 15% to 20%.
By contrast
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, the figure for
students
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who fail to speak a foreign
language
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experienced a decline of 10%.
In addition
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, the percentage of other groups remained constant during
this
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period.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "whereas".
Vocabulary: Replace the words students, language with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • multilingualism
  • globalisation
  • immigration
  • education policy
  • career prospects
  • cultural understanding
  • distribution
  • percentage
  • increased/decreased
  • significant
  • trends
  • shifts
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