Task 1: 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. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.

The bar graphs illustrate the percentage of 14-16-year-old girls and boys studying a modern foreign language in an English-Speaking country and top three common foreign languages: French, German and Spanish from 1984 to 2007. Overall, it is evident that the highest percentage for students studying a foreign language was for girls for both years, while […]

The given charts depict the percentage of an English-Speaking country’s students falling into the 14 to 16 age group choosing to study three popular languages. Overall, it is clear that the proportion of students studying foreign laguages and the number of languages being chosen have slightly declined. Furthermore, gender differences are evident, studying languages is […]