Band 6+: The two bar charts show the proportion of 14-16 year-old students studying a modern foreign language in an English-speaking country and the top three popular foreign languages. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts illustrated data about the figure of students from 14-16 years old who studied a foreign language and the top three languages that they mainly obtained in English-speaking nations, from 1984 to 2007.

Overall, what stands out from the charts is the dominance of female students that were likely to enroll in a second language. Additionally, French also accounts for the vast majority of student’s options, compared with Spanish and German.

In terms of both genders, there was a downward trend in the proportion from nearly 50% to 40% for female students, and 30% to 25% for males. Despite the decrease, girls still keep their study records highest all over the time.

Regarding languages, even though Spanish was ranked at the lowest position, the figure showed a positive change as the percentage of this language rose as twice as it was in 1984, from 5% to 10%. Conversely, German’s proportion went down to nearly double, from 50% to 25%. Similarly with French, with a fall off from 20% to 12%, respectively.