The given pie graphs illustrate information about how the abroad students book online English courses in Australia, the USA and Canada between 2009 and 2010. Overall, it is clear that Australia and Canada witnessed a dramatic change in the methods of booking online English courses used by international students, while the proportion of all methods remained relatively stable in 2009 and 2010. Another special point is that the arrival and pre-booked with agent methods used by international students in Canada are preferred in all 3 countries during the given period.
In 2009, the proportion of students booking online English courses via the Internet in Australia accounted for 24%, then surging to 39% in 2010, while that data in the USA declined slightly from 26% to 25%. In contrast, Australia saw a significant decrease by 16%, from 27% in 2009 in percentage of the pre-booked with agent way, whereas the proportion of this method in America increased relatively from 24% to 28% in the given period. The data for students booking online English courses on arrival grew steadily from 26% in 2009 to 30% in 2010, however, it stayed unchanged at 24% in the USA throughout 2 years. In terms of the ratio of other methods, both Australia and the USA saw a downward trend, from 23% to 20% and from 26% to 23%, respectively by the end of the period.
Regarding Canada, the proportion of students booking online English courses on arrival accounted for 45%, preferred to remaining categories in 2009, while 35% was accounted for the proportion of pre-booked with agent – the most popular method in 2010. The percentage of the internet declined slightly by 2%, from 27% in 2009. Finally, other methods increased consistently from 6% to 18% in 2009 and 2010, respectively.