Band 6+: The charts below show the proportions of British students at one university in England who were able to speak other languages in addition to English, in 2000 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two pie charts depict the share of students at a university in the United Kingdom who are able to speak a foreign language for the years 2000 and 2010.

Overall, it can be seen that the amount of students who were able to speak Spanish, the language that is spoken the most under students, not only remained to have the largest share, but it could also increase its share. The share of students, who did not speek any language, declined over time. The proportion of students who spoke German remained at the same level.

In 2000, the share of students who spoke Spanish, was at 30% compared to 35% in 2010. It is evident, that Spanish remained to be the language, that the majority of students spoke and it could even increase its share by 5%. Non-foreign language speakers declined with their share from 20% to 10% in 2010. Students, who were able to speak German, remained at 10% at the same levels. Furthermore, the share of French speakers declined from 15% to 10%.

It is interesting, that not only the share of students who were able to speak more than one language increased from 10% to 15%, but also the share of students who learned a different language than German, Spanish or French increased from 15% to 20%.