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Market for English courses surges

Open Doors 2017, a report published last year by the Institute of International Education with support from the US State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, said there had been a 31 percent increase over the previous year in Chinese students enrolling at the undergraduate level.

Consequently, training and preparation for overseas study, such as for the English-language TOEFL test and SAT, the US college admission exam, have become popular.

A source at New Oriental Education, China's largest English training company, said the number of students receiving SAT training rises 20 to 30 percent every year.

An industry insider also estimated there are about 25,000 to 30,000 SAT prep students nationwide, mostly in their first or second year of high school.

Questions:

1. How big is the English training market in China?

2. How many Chinese students went abroad to study last year?

3. How many students are enrolled at Wall Street English in China?

Answers:

1. 30 billion yuan ($4.9 billion).

2. Almost 400,000.

3. About 62,000 at 66 locations nationwide.

About the broadcaster:

Nelly Min is an editor at China Daily with more than 10 years of experience as a newspaper editor and photographer. She has worked at major newspapers in the U.S., including the Los Angeles Times and the Detroit Free Press. She is also fluent in Korean.