The charts below show the proportions of British student 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 illustrate the percentage of students at university in England who were able to speak other languages divided into five categories except English in 2000 and 2010.

Overall

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it is clear that

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Spanish was spoken by over 30% of people during the period,

while

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German and individuals who can speak two other languages retained the same at 10%. As can be seen, students who spoke another language

in addition

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to English rose by 5% from 15% to 20%, which was the second rank in 2010.

However

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, the proportion of French and only one language for communication slightly decreased by 10% and 5%, which only remained at 10% compared to 20% and 15% respectively at the beginning of the period.

Moreover

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, in 2000, 30% of students could speak Spanish with their classmates,which was the highest rate, followed by a considerable increase, it turned to 35%

at the end

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of the era.