Band 9: 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.

The pie charts depict the proportions of different languages spoken by British students at a university in England over a decade, between 2000 and 2010.

Overall, there was a notable decline in the number of students who only spoke English, while Spanish emerged as the most popular language spoken by British students. An increasing number of students showed an inclination towards bilingualism and multilingualism.

In 2000, 20% of students at the university communicated only in English, but this figure dropped sharply to half its value over the next decade (10%). French speakers also exhibited a similar decline from 15% to 10%. Meanwhile, the proportion of German speakers remained stable at 10% over the 10-year period.

Contrastingly, the proportion of students speaking Spanish showed a significant increase, rising from 30% to 35% in 2010, making it the most preferred language during this period. Furthermore, bilingual and multilingual students exhibited a similar upward trend, initially starting off at 15% and 10% respectively, increasing by 5% and accounting for 20% and 15% of the total, respectively.