The two pie charts provide information about the proportions of British students at a university in England who were able to speak languages
besides
English in the interval from 2000 to 2010.
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Overall
, whilst Spanish only registered the highest percentage in both years, the proportions of students speaking other languages generally increased, Linking Words
whereas
those with no other Linking Words
language
experienced a decline.
As the charts illustrate, Spanish was Use synonyms
initially
the most spoken Linking Words
language
, accounting for 30% in 2000, before rising to 35% in 2010. Use synonyms
Furthermore
, learners who spoke another Linking Words
language
showed a noticeable growth from 15% to 20% over the ten-year period. Use synonyms
Thereafter
, the figure for two other languages remained unchanged, standing at exactly 10% in both years.
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In contrast
, the proportion of learners with no other Linking Words
language
witnessed a significant drop, falling from 20% in 2000 to 10% in 2010. French only Use synonyms
also
went down slightly from 15% to 10% by the end of the timeframe. Linking Words
Finally
, Germany only showed an identical figure to France in 2010, constituting 10% in both 2000 and 2010.Linking Words