Makkar ielts graphs

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The two bar charts show the proportion of 14-16 year-old students studying a modern 
foreign language in an English speaking country, and the top three popular foreign 
languages. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, 
and make comparisons where relevant. 
The given column graphs illustrate the percentage of boys and girls of 14-16 year age group 
studying foreign languages, and the top three foreign languages opted by those children of 
an English speaking country. It is clear that more girls than boys studied foreign languages, 
and French was the most popular out of the three given languages.
Just-under 50% girls and 30% boys studied foreign languages in 1984. This number fell 
among both genders and in 2007 40% girls and approximately 25% boys were studying 
foreign languages. 
In 1994, French was the most popular language and was studied by 50% students. The 
percentage of students studying French nearly halved and became about 25% by 2007. 
German also lost popularity as the proportion of students studying German fell from 20% to 
15% over the given period. Spanish was the least popular language in the given two years, 
but surprisingly it is the only language whose popularity grew over time. In 1984, 5% 
students studied Spanish but 10% opted for Spanish in 2007. 
Overall, there were maximum French learners and the minimum Spanish learners in the 
given years.
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Percentage of students who studied a foreign language
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Top 3 languages studied by students