Band 5+: The graph below shows predictions about the number of people who will study three major world languages between 2020 and 2030. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph gives information about how many people will learn three main global languages in the ten-year period, from 2020 to 2030.

Overall, what stands out from the graph is that the majority of people will prefer becoming English speakers, whereas the last two languages will not be so popular among students.

With respect to Mandarin learners, their number will begin at 100 million. After increasing steadily, the figure will have crossed the number of Spanish students by 2026, and will overtake them in the next years. By the end of the period, there will be a sharp rise, that will lead to reaching a peak of almost 600 million in 2030. As for the figure for people who study Spanish, it will accounted for 200 million in 2020. After an negligible improvement by 100 million, the number is likely to go up considerably and will finish at 500 million students.

If we look at the figure of English learnets, it will fluctuate remarkably. At the beginning there will be sudden growth from around 550 to 700 million in 2024. At this point, despite a slight decrease to nearly 600 million, the number then will rocket to approximately 750 million people at the of the period.