IELTS Writing TASK 1 | EXERCISE 12

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

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 1998 and 2013.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main
features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

% of British Students able to speak languages other than English, 1998

Two other languages
10 No other language
20

Another language
15

French only 15

Spanish only German only

30 10

% of British Students able to speak languages other than English, 2013

Two other languages No other language
15 10

French only 10

Another language
20
German only
10

Spanish only
35
MODULE ANSWERS

The pie charts illustrate the percentage breakdown of one university students in England
that could speak languages other than English in 2000 and 2010.

Overall, during the decade, a considerable proportion of students were able to speak
Spanish, while the least portion of these students could speak German.

First of all, it can be seen from the charts that the rate of students who could not speak
other language decreased to a half from 20% to 10% throughout the surveyed period.
Similarly, students speaking French only as an additional language also shrank its share from
15% to 10%, whereas the portion of German only kept the share with 10% from 2000 to
2010.

By contrast, the percentage of students speaking Spanish only increased from 30% to 35%,
which continually accounting for the most significant composition in the total. The same
trend could also be viewed in the groups of students speaking another language and two other
languages, with both of them increased by 5% between 2000 and 2010.

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