The first bar chart shows information about 14-16 aged girls and boys who learning contemporary foreign languages while the second chart presents top languages; French German and Spanish in 1984 and 2007.
Overall, more girls studied foreign language but both the proportion of girls and boys experienced a dip over the period. French remained the most popular language, followed by German and Spanish.
According to the bar chart, the proportion of girls studied modern foreign language stood at around 65% while the indicator of boys were lower by 17% in 1984. After 23 years, the rates of girls and boys increased to approximately 52% and 40% respectively.
In details, in1984 the proportion of French language stood at about 65%, followed a significant decrease of 15% in 2007 and were most popular language. The percentage of learning German stayed stable at 15%, while Spanish had significant an upward trend from 5% to 20% in 1984 and 2007.
