The two bar charts below show the proportion of 14-to 16-year-old students studying a foreign language in an English speaking country, and the top three foreign languages. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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of teenagers learning a foreign

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in a country whose main medium for communication was English, and the 3 most popular

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being learned in the years 1984 and 2007.

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, there was a decrease of approximately 20% in

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learning a new

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in 2007 from its original figure of 80% in 1984.

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, French remained the most studied

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in both years. In 1984, 80% of

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were studying a foreign

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, approximately 50% were girls and 30% were boys. In the same year, French was studied the most with 50% of the population,

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20% learned German and just about 10% of

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were learning Spanish. In 2007, only 60% of the population was engaged in the task.

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in 1984, more girls were involved than boys, with 40% of the group comprising girls and the remaining 20% being boys.

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, the ranking of the 3 languages remained the same in 2007 with French having the most

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, German

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and Spanish

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