Proportion of British Students Who Were Able To Speak Other Languages In Addition To English

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The pie charts show the percentage of monolingual, bilingual or multi-lingual British students at a university in England in the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, as much as 30% of the students spoke only English. While 15% of them were able to speak English as well as French, 10% of them could speak German in addition to English. Spanish was the most commonly used second language among students of this university with as much as 20% of them being able to speak it. 15% of the students were able to speak a second language other than German, Spanish or French. Interestingly, 10% of the students were able to speak two other languages in addition to English.

In 2010, the percentage of monolingual students was 35%. French speakers decreased by 5% from 15% in 2000 to 10% in 2010. The percentage of German speakers remained the same in both years whereas the percentage of Spanish speakers shrunk from 20% in 2000 to 10% in 2010. The percentage of students who spoke a second language not mentioned in the pie chart also increased from 15% in 2000 to 20% in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of multilingual students also increased from 10% in 2000 to 15% in 2010.

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