5岁的小彭在北京一所幼儿园上中班，每天放学回家后，通过电脑在vipkid平台与北美老师在线学习英语课程。“美国老师很有趣，我很喜欢他们”，他说。小彭的母亲对记者表示，“这种美式的英语课程对孩子是一种全新的学习体验，不用离开中国便可以与国外老师沟通学习，很适合我的孩子”。
据悉，小彭的学习平台vipkid是全球最大在线少儿英语品牌，拥有超过两万多名北美教师，为中国20万付费学生提供在线英语学习的机会。vipkid创始人及ceo米雯娟接受记者采访时透露，中国学校里的英语教学模式与国际上存在明显差异，我们希望改变中国儿童学习英语的方式，为中国儿童提供本土化英语学习机会。
一位在线教育平台的教师对记者称，传统课外辅导班中一个老师会负责30到40名学生，而在线教育的教师通常是一对一授课或者小班授课，在线课程更加方便高效。此外，在线教师上课时要配合语音和丰富的面部表情，这对学生特别是年幼的孩子来说更具有吸引力。
经过几年发展，在线教育已经在中国13亿人中盛行，走进了更多家庭。来自中国互联网络信息中心的数据显示，截至今年6月，中国已经有1.44亿人次接受了在线教育。而汇丰银行今年发布的一项调查表明，76%的中国家长会考虑让自己的子女接受在线大学课程。
米雯娟表示;“随着中国消费水平的提高以及二孩政策的落实，未来中国将有望成为全球最具活力的在线教育市场之一”。
以下是新华社《中国焦点》英文版原文：
chinafocus:onlineeducationgainsmomentuminchina
byxinhuawriterwangaihua
beijing,sept.7(xinhua)--five-year-oldpengxiaoyihasnevermethisenglishteacherinperson.whilehesitsinfrontofacomputerinhishomeinbeijing,thisteacheristhousandsofkilometersawayintheunitedstates
peng,whoisinhissecondyearofkindergarteninnorthwestbeijing,takesonlineenglishclassesafterschool,whicharetaughtbyteachersbasedintheunitedstatesandcanada.
theamericanteachersarefun,hesaid.ilikethemalot.
evenaftertakingjustahandfulofclasses,hehasbecomemoreconfidentinspeakingenglishanddevelopedahabitofpreparingandreviewingthelessons,accordingtohismotherlijuan.
itisgoodforhimtotakeamerican-styleclasses,saidli,acivilservant.thisisanewexperienceforhimandhedoesn'tevenhavetoleavechina.
thankstothedevelopmentoftheinternetacrosschina,onlineeducationhasbecomeincreasinglypopularinthecountryof1.3billionpeople.
vipkid,theplatformthatrunspeng'sclasses,hasover200,000registeredstudentsinchinaandmorethan24,000teachersinthenorthamericanregion.
miwenjuan,founderofvipkid,toldxinhuathatshehopestochangethewaychinesechildrenlearnenglishandofferthemopportunitiestoexperiencenativeenglishteachingstyles,whichareverydifferenttohowenglishistaughtinchineseschools.
oneofthemajorchallengeswehavefaceisparentsacceptingtheconceptofonlinelearning,shesaid.wehavetocontinuouslyofferhigh-levelteachingandtechnicalsupport.
datafromthechinainternetnetworkinformationcentershowedthat144millionchinesehaveundertakenonlineeducationasofjunethisyear,4.8percenthigherthanthenumberbytheendof2016.
comparedwithtraditionalafterschoolclasses,onlinecoursesareconvenientandefficient,saidlijuan.theyarealsolessexpensivebecausenovenuesareneeded.
hetingting,ateacherworkingforonlineeducationplatformqingqingjiajiao,saidanonlineteacherusuallyteachesone-on-oneorinsmallgroupswhiletraditionalafterschoolclasseshaveoneteacherfor30to40students.
onlineteachersusepowerpointstoassistourteaching,saidhe.theyaremoreattractivetostudents,particularlyforyoungerchildren.
however,hesaidonlineteachershavetoworkhardertomaketheirvoicesandfacialexpressionsmoreengaginginordertoholdstudents'attention.reliableinternetconnectionsarealsoveryimportanttoensurethecoursesgosmoothly.
onlineeducationhasbecomeincreasinglyknowntochineseinrecentyears,particularlysince2013whenmooc,shortformassiveopenonlinecourses,enteredchinaincooperationwithuniversitiesandwebsites.
inthelastcoupleofyears,capitalinflowfrominvestorshelpedonlineeducationfirmsdevelopatafasterspeed.
asurveyissuedbyhsbcthisyearshowedthat76percentofchineseparentswouldconsideronlineuniversitycoursesfortheirchildren.
asconsumptionlevelsriseandthesecond-childpolicytakeseffect,chinaislikelytobecomeoneoftheworld'smostdynamiconlineeducationmarketsinthefuture,saidmi.
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