Band 8+: 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 the most popular reasons that students learning a foreign language reported by Britain’s foreign language teachers and the percentage of teachers reporting an increase in the students’ learning.

Looking from an overall perspective, travelling and business were the two most common reasons for learning a foreign language. In contrast, travel accounted for the largest percentage in the report before sharing the lowest rate in recent study, while buying property taking the lead recently, after being the third-most common reason.

In terms of main reasons for learning a foreign language, travelling by far dominated other figures, accounting for 33%, followed by business taking the second place at 26% and buying property overseas, which ranked third at 19%. Personal development and social contacts shared a similar proportion, making up 7% while the least common reasons were foreign partners and general interests, consisting of 5% and 3%, respectively.

When it comes to reasons that showed a recent increase, buying property overseas took the first place, occupying 34%, with the percentage of business following at 19%. Social contacts and no change shared a similar pattern, making up 15%. Additionally, general interests accounted for 6% and foreign partners consisting of 4%. The lowest figure was recorded in travel, comprising only 3%.