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 pie charts compare the percentages of languages other than English which American students were able to speak in 2005 and 2015.

Overall, while students who could only speak English had by far the largest share in 2005, this share considerably decreased later. Spanish speakers remained second despite a noticeable growth in their share.

In 2005, American students with no additional language accounted for nearly half of the students. However, their share experienced a significant drop to 30% by 2015. In contrast, students who could speak Spanish increased from 18% to 29%, which remained the second-largest group in both years.

American students with knowledge of two additional languages made up 15% in 2005, and this figure declined slightly to 12% in 2015. In contrast, French and other language speakers increased moderately over the years by 2% and 4%, respectively. When it comes to students with German-speaking abilities, the share remained the same at 5% in both years.