Band 6+: The table below gives information about some of the world's most studied languages. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates the popularities of 6 different languages based on number of people learning the language and number of native speakers.

The prominence of English is striking. 1.5 billion people are learning English compared to only 82 million people learning French, which is the second in the number of people learning the language. English is being spoken by 527 million native speakers and is being used in 101 countries, roughly twice compared to French and three times compared to Chinese.

On the other hand, Chinese has the largest number of native speakers, more double English with 1.39 billion. It is the third most popular language to learn with 30 million people, more than double Spanish, which has only 14.5 million learners. Following up by Italian with 8 million learners but Spanish has over five times native speakers than Italian. Japanese is the lowest in number of learners and number of countries it is being used in, but the second lowest in number of native speakers, almost twice compared to Italian.

In conclusion, English is the most popular language to learn all over the world, but Chinese has the greatest number of native speakers, while Japanese is quiet modest to compare with the other 5 countries.