The two bar charts show the proportion of 14-16 year-old students studying a modern foreign language in an English Speaking country and the top three popular foreign languages. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The two bar charts show the proportion of 14-16 year-old students studying a modern foreign language in an English Speaking country and the top three popular foreign languages. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The two bar charts provide information on how many
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students
in percentage studied a foreign
language
compared by
genders
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and by
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most popular foreign languages in two
seperate
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separate
years, 1984 and 2007.
Overall
, there were more
students
enrolled in learning a second
language
in 1984 than in 2007. If we compare the genders, girls are more interested in studying a foreign
language
than boys in both of the years. In 1984, nearly 50% of female
students
took the subject of a foreign
language
which is about 20% more than that of
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male
students
. In 2007, the girls' proportion dropped to 40% and the boys' one
also
fell, to 35%. Looking into the details of the percentages of
students
who studied French, German and
Spanish
, it is clear to see that French is the most
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popular
second
language
among
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teenagers and
Spanish
gained the least interest. In 1984,
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accounted for by far the largest proportion of 50% which is more than
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the German
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German
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20%, followed by
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which covered the smallest proportion
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5%. In 2007, the demand
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learning French declined significantly to just over 20%.
Spanish
followed
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same pattern which decreased to approximately 10%,
whereas
,
Spanish
reached 10% which doubled the figure in 1984.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words students, language, spanish with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "compared" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • modern foreign languages
  • English-speaking country
  • demographic
  • participation
  • gender disparities
  • trends
  • popularity rankings
  • analyzing
  • implications
  • cultural factors
  • economic ties
  • global job market
  • increasingly globalized
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