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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features.

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.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features.
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The charts compare the percentage of university
students
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in the UK who could speak extra languages
along with
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English in 2000 and 2010.
Overall
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, over the shown period, the figure for
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who were able to speak Spanish or one another language increased,
while
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that of French and two other languages dipped.
Moreover
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, the proportion of German speakers remained constant. Between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of Spanish speakers rose dramatically from well under a third to just over one out of a third.
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, there was a growth of 5 and 10% in the proportion of individuals who could speak German and were unable to speak any extra language, respectively. Over the ten-year period, French lost its popularity among
students
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and the figure for French speakers dipped by two-tenth. The same trend can be seen in the percentage of
students
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who were able to speak two distinct languages. It is worth noting that, the popularity of German remained roughly the same after ten years.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words students with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "dipped" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportions
  • multilingual
  • linguistic abilities
  • speakers
  • trends
  • popularity
  • globalization
  • educational policy
  • significant statistics
  • dramatic increase/decline
  • language learning
  • non-European languages
  • decade
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