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| lopezdefcrue Groupie United States Joined 7008 days ago 67 posts - 67 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Portuguese, French, Italian, Russian | Message 1 of 4 09 April 2007 at 3:19pm | IP Logged |
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If the various nations are grouped according to language, which languages read the most fiction? Besides English, I'm guessing French or German?
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| frenkeld Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6934 days ago 2042 posts - 2719 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German | Message 2 of 4 09 April 2007 at 3:25pm | IP Logged |
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Reads or writes?
Russians are known to be avid readers, but they read a lot of translated literature alongside the natively produced one. I recall hearing that the Japanese read a lot, but I don't know much about Japan. Edited by frenkeld on 09 April 2007 at 3:32pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| reineke Senior Member United States https://learnalangua Joined 6438 days ago 851 posts - 1008 votes Studies: German | Message 3 of 4 09 April 2007 at 5:49pm | IP Logged |
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Bahahaha
http://www.aneki.com/biggest_readers.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4626857.stm LONDON: Indians are the world's most avid readers, far ahead of Americans and Britons, a survey has indicated. Indians spend twice as much time reading books, newspapers and magazines as the British and Americans and nearly three times longer than the Japanese, according to NOP World, a market research organisation that has gone through the reading habits across 30 countries. The titles they choose may not send pulses racing — How To Help Your Child Excel In Maths is a favourite — but Indians on average read for 10.7 hours each week. The Americans spend 5.7 hours, while the British 5.3 hours. The strong market for educational books reflects the fierce competition faced by young Indians when applying for a job or a place in a university. Self-help books and textbooks are considered the quickest way to improve prosperity and social status. Every middle-class family dreams of having a doctor or engineer in the house. Reading for pleasure is considered less useful and a novel is a bestseller if it sells 2,000-3,000 copies — a tiny number in a country of one billion people. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/Rest_of_World/ Indians_worlds_most_avid_readers/articleshow/msid-1152928,cu rpg-1.cms Rank Country & nbsp; Weekly Hours Spent Reading 1 India 10.7 2 Thailand &nb sp; 9.4 3 China 8 4 Philippines 7.6 5 Egypt 7.5 6 Czech Republic 7.4 7 Russia ; 7.1 8 Sweden ; 6.9 9 France ; 6.9 10 Hungary &nb sp; 6.8 16. Australia 6.3 23. US 5.7 26. UK 5.3 29. Japan 4.1 30. S Korea 3.1 Global average 6.5 BTW, frenkeld, you're right only not up to date. The Japanese had huge numbers of readers not so long ago. http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/10/bookend/bookend.html Edited by reineke on 09 April 2007 at 7:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| virgule Senior Member Antarctica Joined 6831 days ago 242 posts - 261 votes Studies: Korean | Message 4 of 4 10 April 2007 at 9:18am | IP Logged |
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Let's not forget the methodological difficulties...
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