Band 7+: The charts below illustrate the proportions of American students at a university in the United States who were able to speak languages other than English, in 2005 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts compare the percentage of American students who study at a university and can speak foreign languages between 2005 and 2015.

Overall, students who speak no additional language have the largest proportion in both charts, while the figure for students who speak Spanish increased, and was slightly under that of students who speak no additional language.

First of all, in 2005, the figure for students who speak no additional language accounted for just under half of the total, followed by a decrease to 30 percent. Students who speak Spanish went up during the period, and accounted for 18 percent, and grew at 29 percent. The percentage of American students who speak French experienced a marginal rise at 8 percent to 10 percent.

However, pupils who speak only German remained stable. Meanwhile, the figure for students who speak another language grew steadily from 10 percent to 14 percent of the total. The proportion of Students who speak two additional languages slightly declined over the period.