The charts below show the proportion of British students at one university in England who were able to speak other languages in addition to English, in 2000 and 2000

The charts below show the proportion of British students at one university in England who were able to speak other languages in addition to English, in 2000 and 2000
The pie charts illustrate the number of British students who could speak other
languages
besides
English in
two
different years ( 2000 and 2010 ).
Overall
, Spanish was the most spoken
language
in both years. In the first year, German and
two
other
languages
were the least, but in the second year, it was German, French, and no other
language
. There was a slight increase in the percentage of students who could speak Spanish, another
language
, and
two
other
languages
,
whereas
there was a slight decrease in French
,
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and no other
language
. The highest percentage in 2000 and 2010 was Spanish only which was 30%, and 35%
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Similarly
, there was a slight increase in the figure of students who spoke another
language
from 15% in 2000 to 20% in 2010. As for those who speak
two
other
languages
, it was higher in 2010 which was 15%. The lowest
language
in both years was German at 10%. As for no other
language
, it decreased rapidly in 2010 from 20% to 10%. When it comes to French, it
also
went down by 5% per cent from 15% in 2000 to 10% in 2010 .
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