The pie charts illustrate the discrepancies in the ways people in 3 countries learned English between 2010 and 2015.
From an overall perspective, despite the fact that the percentage of English learners attending evening classes decreased in all countries, it remained the most popular approach in both years. In contrast, the share of English learners who opted for online classes increased. It also worth noting that studying abroad showed a different patterns of change across the countries.
Starting with Country A, evening classes were the most popular method of learning English, although percentage of students decreased slightly from 70% to 67%. The shares of students learning English abroad showed a similar trend, falling from 25% to 23%, while those of learning online increased from 5% to 10%.
As regards Country B, it’s clear that proportion of learners learning English through evening classes fell dramatically from 72% to 48%. Accounting for 8% in 2010, the shares of students learning English online increased significantly by 24%, while those of learning English abroad stood at 20% in both years.
As far as Country C is concerned, the percentage of learners attending evening classes decreased moderatly from 94% to 82%, while those of learning online grew from 6% to 15%. Meanwhile, abroad learning only emerged in 2015 and accounted for 3%.