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Learners’ own answers.
Reading
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1 demand 2 mobile students / international students 
3 distance education 4 destination 5 maintain 
6 internationalise 7 international students / mobile students 
8 qualifications 9 enter 10 degree
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1 TNE – TransNational Education; BRIC – Brazil, Russia, India, China 
2 The supply of students aged 18–24 in BRIC countries will 
grow; Europe will continue to be the preferred destination for 
international studetns; the 18-24 age cohort will decrease in 
China and China will become a powerhouse in higher education; 
governments of Germany and France aim to internationalise 
higher educaton and provide more courses taught in English.
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1 F 2 T 3 F 4 NS 5 T 6 T
Language focus
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positive changes: (continue) to grow, grow significantly, growing 
supply in, expansion, developments in, growth in, will accelerate, 
growing demand
negative changes: at a lower rate (than), at a slower pace (than), 
a slowdown, stagnant demand, a sharp decrease in, (continue) to 
decrease, to have a negative impact
no change: continue to be, maintain, hold up
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types of learning: online, distance, blended
skills in demand: software engineering, 3D design, coding and 
data analysis
forms of partnership: joint academic posts, joint courses, 
integrated degree programmes, projects with business and 
industry
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Learners’ own answers. 
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1 referred to 2 followed about her 3 at too fast a pace
4 on people 5 affect on how