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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.
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The
two
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 pie charts compare the percentages of students who were British at a specific university in England and spoke other
languages
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besides
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 English in
two
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 different years, 2000 and 2010.
Overall
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, Spanish was the biggest proportion in both years. Another
language
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 and
two
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 other
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languages
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language
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 categories had increased,
while
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 no other
language
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 and French groups had decreased. German group,
however
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, did not change and was the smallest
language
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 which British students were able to speak. There are broad
similarity
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similarities
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 between Spanish, Another
language
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, and
Two
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 other
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languages
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language
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 categories. The biggest percentage of
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British students could speak Spanish
in addition
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 to English in 2000, at 30%,
this
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 figure had increased to more than a third in 2010.
Similarly
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, another
language
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 and
two
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 other
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languages
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 groups had raised 5% each, from 15 to 20
percent
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per cent
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 and from 10 to 15
percent
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per cent
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, respectively.
By contrast
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, the percentages of No other
languages
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 and French had fell. The former
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occupied the second position at a fifth in 2000 but decreased twofold in 2010. The latter,
also
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, fell from 15% in 2000 to 10% in 2010. German
language
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,
however
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,
was
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 the smallest percentage in both years.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words two, languages, language with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "fell" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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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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