A survey by American Councils for International Education showed that there were 227,086 Chinese learners across the formal US education system, making Chinese the third most popular language being studied.

美国国际教育委员会的一项调查显示，在美国的整个正规教育体系中，有227，086名学习中文的人，使中文成为第三大最受欢迎的语言学习。

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The Modern Language Association survey found that 8.6% of college students at schools that teach foreign languages take them.

现代语言协会调查发现，8.6%教授外语的在校大学生选了阿拉伯语的课程。

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Enrollment in language classes is up by 6.2% since the 2006 survey.

自2006年的调查以来，参加语言课程的人数增加了6.2%。

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But a national survey found that in recent years foreign language teaching decreased in public elementary and middle schools.

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