The two pie charts illustrate how the distribution of languages spoken by university
students
in England changed between 2000 and 2010.
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Overall
, Linking Words
Spanish
remained the dominant foreign Use synonyms
language
in both years, Use synonyms
while
the proportion of Linking Words
students
who were monolingual decreased considerably. Use synonyms
In contrast
, there was noticeable growth in the shares of those speaking Linking Words
Spanish
, another Use synonyms
language
, or two additional languages, Use synonyms
whereas
French and German experienced either a decline or no change.
In 2000, three in ten Linking Words
students
were able to speak Use synonyms
Spanish
, and Use synonyms
this
figure climbed by five percentage points to 35% in 2010, confirming its position as the most common foreign Linking Words
language
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Similarly
, the segment of Linking Words
students
speaking an unspecified “other” Use synonyms
language
expanded from 15% to 20%. Meanwhile, the proportion of monolingual Use synonyms
students
fell dramatically, halving from 20% to just 10%.
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By contrast
, the percentage of Linking Words
students
who spoke French dropped from 15% to 10% during the same period. In comparison, both the share of German speakers and those capable of speaking two other languages remained constant at 10%. Collectively, these changes highlight a growing tendency among British Use synonyms
students
toward multilingual competence, with Use synonyms
Spanish
maintaining its lead and broader Use synonyms
language
diversity becoming increasingly common.Use synonyms