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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The pie charts give information about the proportions of British
students
in England at one university who have the ability to
talk
Verb problem
speak
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more than one
language
in addition
to English, over a 10-year period from 2000 to 2010.
Overall
, the most spoken
language
for British
students
is Spanish. The number of
students
who speak two other
languages
has increased, similar to the
students
Correct quantifier usage
number of students
show examples
who speak another
language
, which has
also
been increasing.
Students
who do not speak other
languages
and
students
who speak German and French decreased over the period. In 2000, the
students
who spoke Spanish had the highest percentage at 30%. By 2010, the number increased by 5%.
Students
who spoke two other
languages
and
students
who spoke another
language
were 10% and 15% in 2000; by 2010, the rates increased by 5%. The
students
Correct quantifier usage
number of students
show examples
who spoke German were 10% in 2000 and remained at the same number in 2010. 20% of
students
did not speak other
languages
in 2000, and by 2010 the percentage decreased by 10%.
Students
who spoke French decreased by 5% in the 10 years and became 10% in 2010.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words students, language, languages with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportions
  • multilingual
  • linguistic competence
  • significant
  • trend
  • increase/decrease
  • stable
  • popularity
  • relatively
  • decade
  • compare/contrast
  • survey
  • data
  • fluent
  • proficient
  • bilingual
  • predominant
  • minority
  • emerge
  • dwindle
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