The two pie charts present the percentages of British students at a university who could speak other languages, beside to English, in England in the year of 2000 and 2010.
In the first chart, in 2000, it is obvious that the proportion of students being able to speak Spanish only was the highest figure, at 30%. It was, at the same time, triple more than the number of students who could speak Germany only and who could speak two other languages. Both of them made for 10%. Meanwhile, the number of students who could speak French only and who could speak another language shared the similarity, at 15%. Finally, the percentage of who could speak no other language was at 20%.
In the second chart, in 2010, the amount of students being able to speak Spanish only was still the greatest, at 35%, which was almost twice times more than the amount of students who could speak two other languages, at 15%. Besides, there was a similarity in the number of students who were able to speak French only, who could speak Germany only, and who could speak no other language, all of them were at 10%. To be more specific, the number of students who could speak another language doubled more than the figure above, at 20%.
In summary, in addition to Spanish, more and more British students in England liked to learn another language than Germany and French. As well as, there were more and more of them knowing more than one foreign language.
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