The charts compared the percentages of British pupils from a representative university in England who possess the 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 speak only their native language, while Spanish was the most spoken additional language in 2000 and other unmentioned languages in 2010.
To begin, the large proportion of pupils who were monolingual increased slightly during the time period, accounting for approximately one-third of the total people. Likewise, the number of students using other languages and being trilingual had risen by 5% each from 15% and 10%, respectively.
In contrast, it can be seen that the number of French speakers had dropped by 5% from 15% after ten years. The most noticeable change was that the percentage of Spanish speakers, the most popular language in 2000, decreased by half from 20% to 10%, in 2010. Interestingly, the German-speaking population size was the only one that remained stable throughout the period, at 10% of the total students.