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 charts show the percentages of US students speaking languages other than English, in the years 2005 and 2015.

Overall, throughout the 10-year period, the proportion of students knowing no additional language decreased significantly. Additionally, Only two segments – students speaking only French and another language – increased in size.

Examining the details, in 2005 almost half (45%) the students did not speak any additional language. This percentage then dropped to 30% by 2015, still being the largest portion of all. Similarly, the portion of people knowing two additional languages, decreased too; from 14% to 12%.

As for the percentage of people knowing another language, there was a noticeable rise. Specifically, while only 10% of the university students spoke another language in 2005, this figure went up to 14% by 2015. A bit more moderate increase can be seen in the case of French language, the figure increasing from 8% to 10%, over a 10-year period.

Finally, the segment of students speaking only German was the only one that did not experience any change, staying at 5% in both years and still being the smallest proportion of all.