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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.

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.
The bar charts
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 information about the comparison of
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 by girls and boys who studied a
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foreign
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 three languages between 1984 and 2007.
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students
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 more tended to learn a foreign
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 French was the most popular foreign
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language
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proportion
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 who studied a foreign
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 had declined over the period. Turning to the details, in 1984, the proportion of
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who studied a foreign language was around 48% and the proportion of
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boys was 30%. In 2007, the figures fell to 40% and about 30% respectively. The rankings of the top three
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languages
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 changed during the period. 50% of the
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 studied French and 20% studied German
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 around 5% studied Spanish in 1984. The figures
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 for Spanish
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 2007. The percentage of
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students
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 who learn French and German
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 to 25% and 15% respectively.
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, the proportion of Spanish was only inclined to10%.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words students with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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