Band 6+: 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.

The provided pie charts illustrate the data of workers, who work at a UK company, were able to speak languages other than english. The data is in percentage and it compares 6 main categories between 1990 and 2005: No other language, Another language, Italian only, Spanish only and German only.

Overall, the data shows that whereas Spanish and German had a significant increase, Italian decrease gradually in the 15 years. Instead, the workers’ proportions that did not speak any other language and spoke only english rose during the same period. Only the amount of workers who were able to speak another language remained stable.

By 2005 the percentage of workers who speak Spanish and German in addition to english rose substantially. While Spanish rose by 10%, German had a slight increase by only 5%. Conversely Italian dropped from 10% in 1990 to 5 % in 200.

Furthermore, the percentage of workers that were able to speak only english slumped during the 15 years. As a matter fact it had a considerably reduction by 15 % from 1990 to 2005.