Band 8+: 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 diagrams show the percentage of American students who are able to speak non-English languages during the years 2005 and 2015. Generally, the number of people who can speak additional languages has risen from 2005 to 2015 and the number of people who can only speak English has decreased.

Compared to the data from 2005, the number of bilingual students has increased fairly, with Spanish-speakers growing by half its original number and French speakers increasing by a fitfh of its original amount. However, the amount of German-speakers remains constant at 5% in both 2005 and 2015.

On the other hand, there has been a drop in the number of polyglots from 14% to 12%. Not only that, but the number of people who can only speak English has dwindled by a third of its original amount. Starting from almost dominating half of the respondent data in 2005, to only occupying a third of the data in 2015.

In conclusion, the number of students able to speak one non-English language has grown, whereas the number of polyglots has reduced.