Band 8+: The charts below show the proportion of workers at a British company who were able to speak other languages in addition to English, in 1990 and 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

This chart shows the percentage of workers who are able to speak different languages in addition to English, from 1990 to 2015. At first glance, it is clear that over the span of 15 years within the same company, there has been a significant increase in the number of employees who speak languages other than English. The percentage of workers who speak only English declined from 25% (or one-fourth) to just 10%. Additionally, there is a noticeable rise in the number of people who can speak two languages, which is quite impressive.

More specifically, the percentage of employees speaking other languages such as German has remained relatively stable. In contrast, the number of Spanish speakers has dramatically increased; we see that Spanish accounted for 35% of speakers in 2005, up from 25% in 1990, marking a significant increase. On the other hand, the number of Italian speakers has declined sharply, dropping from 10% to just 5%.

To summarize, in this company, the overall percentage of workers who speak other languages has increased, with the notable exception of Italian.