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 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts above illustrate the distribution of students studying in the UK who have the ability to speak a

language

other than English between 2000 and 2010. Generally, there has been a decrease in the proportion of students who can only speak English and French,

while

the ratio of Spanish speakers

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risen. Accounting for nearly

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half of the student cohort, 15 and 30

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of the students in Britain

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the ability to speak "Another

language

" and Spanish respectively in 2000. After a decade, rises are recorded on both of these criteria, making these groups continue to dominate with the category "Another

language

" overtook "no other

language

" and ranked second on the list in 2010. 20

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of the total British student population

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no proficiency in any

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other than English in 2000, but the proportion was halved in 2010. There has

also

been a dropping trend among French speakers for a quarter to 10% in 2010. Over the years, there

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been a stable ratio among German speakers and trilingual

language

users, at 10%.