Task 1: 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 pie charts illustrate the distribution of British
students
capable of speaking in languages other than English
, studying at a university in England in 2000 and 2010.
Overall
, it is evident that while
the rate of those who spoke only Spanish besides
English
went up, the same figures for students
speaking either only German or only French along with
English
,
declined.
The rate of Remove the comma
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students
speaking Spanish in addition
to English
saw an increment, surging from 30% in 2000 to 35% in 2010, making it the highest proportion
. Moreover
, the figure for those who had picked up French,
rose slightly from 15% to 20% in 2000 and 2010 respectively. Remove the comma
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Similarly
, individuals with other languages also
grew by 5%, making up a quarter of the whole population in 2010.
In comparison, the proportion
of students
who knew German stood unchanged at 10% in both years. Furthermore
, those who were not capable of speaking any other language than English
,
contributed to 20% of the Remove the comma
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students
in 2000. However
, their proportion
halved in 2010. Lastly
, the bilingual students
proportion
accounted for 10% in 2000 and 15% in 2010.Submitted by bita.rezaei7052 on
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