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 illustrate the

percentage

of

students

(14-16 years old) learning a modern foreign

language

in an English-speaking country and the top three famous foreign languages studied by

students

. Units are measured in

percentage

in both charts.

Overall

, it can clearly be seen that both charts contain a comparison between 1984 and 2007. In the first chart, the

girls

students

dominated the class throughout the given period.

Furthermore

, French is the most popular foreign

language

either in 1984 or 2007. In terms of the student's gender, the majority of

students

are

girls

. In the first period, the

girls

'

students

stood at almost 50 and the boys'

students

started at exactly 30.

Thereafter

in 2007, the

percentage

of

the

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girls

'

students

witnessed a little degrading to precisely 40 and

similarly

, the boys'

students

also

decreased by about 5. Regarding the foreign languages studied, the most chosen

language

which is French started at 50,

while

German and Spanish began at 20 and about 5, respectively.

However

, the popularity of the French

language

dropped significantly to approximately 25 in 2007. Not only that, but the

percentage

of German

language

also

went down to just above 10.

In contrast

, Spanish experienced a small growth to 10 in the

last

period.