VISHAL BEST ENGLISH SPEAKING & IELTS YAMUNANAGAR – 18 Test 2 (11)

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.

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The pie charts illustrate the additional languages that British students who attended an English-language institution were able to speak in the years 2000 and 2010. The data show that, on average, the most often spoken language among British students in both years was Spanish, while the least spoken was German.

Regarding 2000 data, almost 30% of the students in the university were able to speak Spanish, which was the greatest percentage in the data. The number of students who knew just English had increased, while the number of students who knew other languages remained the same. While French and another language percentages were about equal in the same year, 15% each of the population had a language other than French as their mother tongue. Additionally, 10% of the kids could fluently speak German, and two additional languages were second languages for them.

Turning to 2010 figures, Spanish users accounted for 35% of the population, while French speakers accounted for 5% of the population. However, the percentage of British students who spoke German remained unchanged from the previous year.

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Author: Dr Vishal Goyal