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The chart below shows the proportions of british students at one university in england who were able to speak other languages in addition to english,in 2000 and 2010.

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The chart below shows the proportions of british students at one university in england who were able to speak other languages in addition to english,in 2000 and 2010.
The given pie charts compare the
percentage
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 of English
students
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 at one university in England
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 who were able to speak a foreign
language
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 in 2000 and in 2010.
Overall
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, the
percentage
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 of
students
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 who were not able to speak another
language
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 halved in 2010
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consequently
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 the share of
students
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 who could speak a second
language
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 rose considerably in the same year.
On the other hand
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, the number of
students
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 who can only speak
german
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German
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 remained the same in the given period. Looking first at
students
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 who could only speak
english
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English
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 in 2000, it can be seen that the
percentage
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 of them halved, falling from 20% to 10% (in 2010).
Similarly
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, the
percentage
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 of
French speaking
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French-speaking
students
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 considerably decreased, dropping from 15% to 10%.
On the other hand
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, in 2000,
students
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 who were only able to speak
spanish
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Spanish
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 accounted for the 30%,
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 in 2010
this
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 figure rose by five
percentage
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 points, landing at 35%. Following a similar trend, the number of
students
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 who were able to speak a foreign
language
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 increased, starting at 15% and peaking at 20%.
To conclude
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, the number of
german
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German
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 speakers remained constant throughout the given period, at 10%.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "on the other hand".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words percentage, students, language with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "considerably" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • bilingual
  • multilingual
  • proficiency
  • linguistic diversity
  • polyglot
  • language acquisition
  • second language (L2)
  • foreign language
  • fluency
  • working knowledge
  • mother tongue
  • language competence
  • language decline
  • cultural exchange
  • global language
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