The two pie charts compare what and how many languages English students spoke at a university located in England over two different years, 2000 and 2010.
Overall, Spanish was more prevalent among students compared to the other languages in both years. It is also clear that students speaking German stabilised at 10% over the period shown, while the remaining student groups witnessed significant changes.
In 2000, Spanish was spoken by 30% of students, which was also the largest proportion in that year. This was double the figures for French and another language and treble the figures for German and two other languages. In comparison, the number of students who could not communicate in any language except for the native one was also lower but not much, accounting for one-fifth.
In 2010, there was a mere 5% rocket in students speaking Spanish, another language, and two other languages to 35%, 20%, and 15%, respectively. Spanish’s figure continued amounting to the largest percentage in 2010. In contrast, the figures for no other language and French plummeted considerably to 10%, comprising one-fifth of the students in total.