by Sergi Sànchez

MEETING IN BIELLA

137 students aged mostly 14 and 15 from 9th and 10th grade answered the survey.

That represents a 23% of the total of people who answered it.

There are slightly more females than males in the Catalan results.

In Germany, Italy, Ireland and Sweden there are more boys than girls.

In the other countries the students are older like 17 years old.

Catalan students love maths, natural science, Handicraft (although we don’t take it) and P.E.

We quite like Foreign Language, Computer studies, Social Science, Catalan and History.

They don’t dislike Social Science but they dislike Religion, almost nobody takes it.

Irish students love History, computer studies, handicraft and P.E.

German students love handicraft, natural science and computer studies.

Italian and Swedish students love Natural science, History, computer studies and P.E.

We spend our free time with our friends, doing sport or in the social networks.

Some people do school work or read.

A surprisingly low number of people prefer playing videogames, computer games, drawing or writing.

German, Italian and Irish students spend their free time with their friends, in the social networks and doing sport.

Swedish students too but they also like playing computer games.

Swedish students read news on the computer and forums every day and when they have to. They read between 15 and 30 minutes and in bed or in front of TV. They like reading fantasy books and during the last 3 months the majority have read one novel, but during this last year more than 3 novels. They like reading in their native language or in English. 50% of Swedish students have used talking books.

Italian and Irish students read novels and news in the newspaper and on the computer. They read 15 minutes every day and when they have to. They read in bed, at a table or in the school. During the last 3 months they have read one or two novels, during the last 6 months more than three. Irish students prefer reading in English and Italian students in their native language. The majority of Italian and Irish students haven’t used talking books.

German students read the news every day both in the traditional newspaper and on the computer. They also read novels and chat posts and the majority of them read for 30 minutes and in bed. During the last 3 months they have read two novels, during the last 6 months 3 novels and during this last year, more than three novels. 50% of German students have used talking books.

People don’t read enough, although some people read every day.

People read between 30 minutes and one hour on each occasion.

About the half of the Catalan students read in bed, and around a quarter of them chose at a table.

People read in traditional paper.

We prefer Adventure novels, but also Crime novels and “other” genres.

We are good readers... But 21 students haven’t read a novel in the last 3 months.

Still 9 people haven’t read any novel.

Almost everybody read 3 or more novels in the last 12 months, but 5 people didn’t read any.

People read books for school assignment or both for school assignment and fun.

Most of the people prefer to read in Catalan or in Spanish. If there’s a translation of a book in English they would probably choose the version in Catalan.

Talking books aren’t really famous, so people don’t know much about them.