The chart belows show the proportion of British students at one university in England who were able to speak other languages in addition to English, in 2000 and 2010.
The given pie charts illustrate the percentage of
students
from one English
university who spoke one or more languages
besides
English
in 2000 and 2010.
Generally speaking, during both years Spanish
was the dominant language
among people that knew any other language
other than English
. In 2000, we can notice that way more students
did not know other languages
comparing
to the Wrong verb form
compared
students
in 2010.
In 2000, 30% of the cohort had Spanish
only as a second language
, being the most popular chosen language
after English
. Additionally
, 20% of students
only spoke English
, constituting the second largest proportion. Spanish
is followed by French and other languages
, which represent 30% of the total.
Meanwhile, in 2010 an increasing number of British students
spoke Spanish
, 35% to be exact, and only 10% had English
as their only language
. Furthermore
, an additional 5% of students
spoke other languages
besides
German, Spanish
and French comparing
to 2000.Wrong verb form
compared
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