The pie charts present the shift in the proportions of languages (Urdu, Chinese, English, and others) spoken by Bakersfield Senior College students as their mother languages over the 10-year priod.
Overall, the percentage of students who speak English as their fist language decilined substantially, while that of students speaking Urdu as mother tounge exhibited reverse tendency. There were an unsignificant change and no change for those speaking Chinese and others, respectively.
As is shown in the charts, the share of students speaking English as native language dropped dramatically by 15%, from 70% in 1980 to 55% by 1990, over the survey. In contrast, the figure for Urdu-speaking students witnessed a mostly double-time increase, at 15% in 1980 to 28%, over the surveyed time.
Meanwhile, there was a gentle rise, at just 2%, in the segment of Chinese-speaking senior college learners by 1990. On the other hand, the ratio of those speaking other languages remained unchanged over the surveyed period.
