Band 7+: The pie charts below show responses by teachers of foreign languages in Britain to a survey concerning why their students are learning a foreign language. The first chart shows the main reasons for learning a foreign language, the second chart shows how many teachers felt that there have been a recent change in the reason. Write a report for university lecturer describing the information below.

The given pie charts illustrate the proportion of most common reason for language learning reported by teachers in Britain, and a survey of recent changes in the reason.

Overall, travel was the most frequently reason for learning a foreign language, while buying property overseas was recored as the motivation with a greatest recent increase.

Looking at the three most prominent reasons in the first chart, travel accounted for the largest percentage at 33%, while business and buying property overseas’s figures was slightly lower, at 26% and 19% respectively. In terms of the second chart, travel declined to just only 3%, remaining the least common reason for learning a foreign language. Similarly, business experienced a decline, decreasing to 19%. In contrast, buying property overseas showed an upward trend, increasing significantly from 19% to 34% in the second chart.

Regarding the remaining motivations, personal development and social contacts saw the same share at 7% in the first chart, whereas foreign partners and general interest were the least motivated, at 5% and 3% respectively. In recent survey, social contacts climbed remarkably to 15%, which was equal to the no change’s figure. In addition, general interest rose slightly to 6%, while both personal development and foreign partners recorded a downward trend, each declined slightly to 4%.