The provided bar charts illustrate the percentage of young
students
aged 14 to 16 who studied three foreign languages — French, German, and Spanish — in an English-speaking country between 1984 and 2007.
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Overall
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it is clear that
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although
the proportion of Linking Words
students
learning French declined over the years, it remained the most popular Use synonyms
language
among the three. Use synonyms
Additionally
, the percentage of girls studying a foreign Linking Words
language
was consistently higher than that of boys throughout the period.
Looking at the details, around one-third of boys participated in foreign Use synonyms
language
learning during the given years, with a slight drop observed in 2007. In comparison, nearly 50% of girls studied a foreign Use synonyms
language
in 1984, though Use synonyms
this
figure decreased by about 10% by 2007.
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while
all three languages saw a decline in student numbers over the period, French continued to dominate. In 1984, approximately half of the Linking Words
students
chose to study French, but Use synonyms
this
figure dropped to around 25% by 2007. Linking Words
In contrast
, both German and Spanish remained less popular, with fewer than 20% of Linking Words
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