The graph below shows the percentage of New Zealand primary school students learning a second language by language learned for the years 2006 to 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows the percentage of New Zealand primary school students learning a second language by language learned for the years 2006 to 2014.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The graph shows the percentages of New Zealand primary school students who were learning a
second
language
for the years 2006 to 2014. It can be clearly seen that the popularity of various
languages
amongst
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school children
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schoolchildren
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changed over the years. Even
languages
that started off as equally popular in 2006 experienced a change in demand by 2014. In 2006, the most common
second
language
students learned in New Zealand primary schools was French (29%), with Japanese (28%) following very close behind. In 2014, the most common
second
language
learned in primary school was still French at around the same percentage,
however
, the
second
most common had switched to Spanish (23%). Japanese dropped from its 2006 high of 28% to 17% in 2014. The two least commonly learned
second
languages
were German and Chinese. Chinese, which in 2006 had been the least commonly learned
language
at under 5%, dramatically increased and reached around 12% in 2014. German, which in 2006 had been the most common of the bottom three of the results given with 12%, steadily decreased to around 6% in 2014. “Other
languages
” groups various
languages
that are not stated. These were at 7% in 2006, but became more popular over the years, reaching around 9% in 2014 after having peaked in the previous year.
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