the charts below show the proportions of British students at one university in England who were able to speak other languages in addition to English in 2000 and 2010.
The charts below compare the percentage of British students at a university who can speak English and other languages fluently between 2000 and 2010.
Overall, there was a rapid rise in the number of students who can speak another language or two other languages, and English only while the rest show an opposite trend. In 2010, students who just speak English accounted for the largest proportion whereas others were lower.
First of all, in 2000, students that speak English and those who could speak another language or two were 30%, 15%, and 10% respectively before their proportion increased slightly, each by 5% in 2010.
On the other hand, the percentage of students with the ability to speak Spanish only was higher than students who could only use French by 5%. However, these two types of students both witnessed a major change, falling to 10% in 2010.
Only the figure for those using German remained 10% between 2000 and 2010.
- more and more people now own cars What are the problems associated with an increase in the usage of private cars How these problems can be solved 56
- Some people think that children should begin their formal education at a very early age Some think they should begin at at least 7 years old Discuss both views and give your own opinion 56
- In many countries nowadays young single people no longer stay with their parents until they are married but leave to study or work somewhere else Do you think this trend has more advantages or disadvantages 78
- the chart show that time spent on two devices according to various categories Describe the main features and make comparisons where relevant
- The chart compares the number of people per household by percentage in the UK in 1981 and 2001 61