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 charts compared the percentages of British pupils from a representative university in England who possess an ability to communicate in foreign languages, including French, German, Spanish, and others, between 2000 and 2010.

In general, it was apparent that the majority of students in both years were able to only speak their native language, while Spanish and other languages were the most spoken additional language in 2000 and 2010, respectively.

To begin, the large proportion of pupils who were monolingual increased slightly, accounting for approximately one-third of total people. Likewise, the number of students using not-mentioned languages and being trilingual had risen 5% each during the time period.

In contrast, it can be seen that the number of French speakers had dropped 5% after ten years. The most noticeable change was that the percentage of Spanish speakers, the most popular language in 2000, decreased almost double of its old size from 20% to 10% in 2010. Interestingly, the German speaking population was the only one that remained stable throughout the period.