TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The pie charts compare the

percentage

of

British

students

at a university in England speaking other languages except English in the years 2000 and 2010.

Overall

,

while

the proportion of

British

students

who were able to speak Spanish only was highest in two years, the opposite was true for that of German only was lowest. In 2000, the figure for

British

teenagers speaking Spanish was

highest

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the highest

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, accounting for 30%, which was higher remarkably than that of no other languages, with 20%. The

percentage

of

British

teenagers who were able to speak French only and another language

were

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was

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identical, with 15%. The proportion of

British

students

speaking German only and two other languages

also

were similar, with 10%. In 2010, the proportion of

British

students

speaking Spanish increased remarkably to 35%.

Likewise

, the

percentage

of

British

students

speaking another language increased significantly to 20%.

By contrast

, there was a significant decrease to 10% in the

percentage

of

British

teenagers with no other language.

Likewise

, the

percentage

of

British

students

speaking French only considerably fell to 10%. The

percentage

of

British

students

speaking German only remained stable at 10%.