The given pie chart illustrates the percentages of students at one college in England who could communicate by different languages besides their mother tongue in separate years 2000 and 2010.
Overall, it can be seen that the proportion of British students who were multilingual increased after a decade. It’s noticeable that Spanish was the most popular foreign language.
Looking at the detail, in 2000, the number of British students who could speak Spanish accounted for the highest percentage of 30% and this figure was exactly three times as low as the proportion of students who could use German or two other languages. In addition to, 20% of students were capable of using only their mother tongue while the figure for student communicating by French or another language were equal, at 15%.
After 10 years, there was a 5% increase in the number of students who could speak Spanish or another language as well as two other languages. Meanwhile, English speaking students decreased by half, compared to an increase of 5% in the proportion of students interacting French. Only the number of students using German stayed unchanged over the given period.
The
given
pie chart illustrates the percentages of
students
at one college in England
who
could communicate by
different
languages
besides
their mother tongue in separate years 2000 and 2010.
Overall
, it can be
seen
that the proportion of British
students
who
were multilingual increased after a decade. It’s noticeable that Spanish was the most popular foreign language.
Looking at the detail, in 2000, the number of British
students
who
could speak Spanish accounted for the highest percentage of 30% and this figure was exactly three times as low as the proportion of
students
who
could
use
German or two other
languages
.
In addition
to, 20% of
students
were capable of using
only
their mother tongue while the figure for
student
communicating by French or another
language
were equal, at 15%.
After 10 years, there was a 5% increase in the number of
students
who
could speak Spanish or another
language
as well
as two other
languages
. Meanwhile,
English speaking
students
decreased by half, compared to an increase of 5% in the proportion of
students
interacting French.
Only
the number of
students
using German stayed unchanged over the
given
period.