Band 9: 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 provided pie charts compare the percentages of American university students who were able to speak languages other than English in 2005 and 2015.

Overall, the proportion of students who could not speak any additional languages decreased over the ten years, while the percentages of those who spoke Spanish, French, another language, or two additional languages increased but German was the only category that stayed the same.

Firstly, in 2005, 45% of students spoke no additional language, making it the highest percentage of the group. This data fell sharply to 30% in 2015. During the same period of time, the percentage of students who spoke only Spanish rose from 18% to 29%.

As for the other categories, the percentage of students who could speak only French rose from 8% in 2005 to 10% in 2015. The data for students who spoke only German stayed the same at 5% in both years. In addition, the proportion of those who spoke another language increased from 10% to 14%. However, the percentage of students who were able to speak two additional languages fell a little, from 14% to 12%. Overall, more American university students were able to speak at least one language other than English in 2015 than in 2005.