Comments on: The world’s required reading list: The books that students read in 28 countries https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/12/08/the-worlds-required-reading-list-the-books-that-students-read-in-28-countries/ Tue, 09 Jan 2018 04:31:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 By: Faith Shotts-Flikkema https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/12/08/the-worlds-required-reading-list-the-books-that-students-read-in-28-countries/#comment-943992 Faith Shotts-Flikkema Mon, 21 Aug 2017 06:23:02 +0000 http://blog.ed.ted.com/?p=8654#comment-943992 Would someone please add in comments what book(s) are required reading in Israel?
Thank you!

]]> By: Lynda https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/12/08/the-worlds-required-reading-list-the-books-that-students-read-in-28-countries/#comment-943605 Lynda Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:19:20 +0000 http://blog.ed.ted.com/?p=8654#comment-943605 Love that people are posting the required reading for additional countries…and corrections too!! Please keep doing so. I keep returning to add to my list.

]]> By: Elissa https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/12/08/the-worlds-required-reading-list-the-books-that-students-read-in-28-countries/#comment-943587 Elissa Fri, 11 Aug 2017 09:32:52 +0000 http://blog.ed.ted.com/?p=8654#comment-943587 Students in Australia don’t have to read ‘Tomorrow When the World Began’. A few years ago it was quite popular as a textual study, but not required.

]]> By: Fotis https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/12/08/the-worlds-required-reading-list-the-books-that-students-read-in-28-countries/#comment-943543 Fotis Thu, 10 Aug 2017 08:55:33 +0000 http://blog.ed.ted.com/?p=8654#comment-943543 I was expecting GREECE on this list cause we acquire to read the OLDEST book of ALL of these on your list!
ODYSSEY by Homer

All greek students know that.

]]> By: Anthony Estrada https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/12/08/the-worlds-required-reading-list-the-books-that-students-read-in-28-countries/#comment-943537 Anthony Estrada Thu, 10 Aug 2017 06:48:41 +0000 http://blog.ed.ted.com/?p=8654#comment-943537 I’m wondering what is required reading in school in France. Is it Les Miserables or Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo or Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas or Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert? Of course, it can also be France’s epic poem “Song of Roland”. Can somebody who grew up in France–please chime in. Merci beucoup, Antoine

]]> By: Raul https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/12/08/the-worlds-required-reading-list-the-books-that-students-read-in-28-countries/#comment-943525 Raul Wed, 09 Aug 2017 20:11:32 +0000 http://blog.ed.ted.com/?p=8654#comment-943525 So, one of the richest and most spoken languages (Spanish) doesn’t even get a section?
Either Spain is completely forgotten internationally and culturally or these guys who wrote the article didn’t do their homework properly. Terrific. (I normally don’t defend my country in most aspects but this is preposterous)

]]> By: Carm https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/12/08/the-worlds-required-reading-list-the-books-that-students-read-in-28-countries/#comment-943522 Carm Wed, 09 Aug 2017 18:37:13 +0000 http://blog.ed.ted.com/?p=8654#comment-943522 Although the list is good information but not all inclusive, the comments are valuable as well. Perhaps this could be the beginning of a New project?
Good work. Thanks

]]> By: Claudia https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/12/08/the-worlds-required-reading-list-the-books-that-students-read-in-28-countries/#comment-943504 Claudia Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:57:13 +0000 http://blog.ed.ted.com/?p=8654#comment-943504 “El Señor Presidente” for Guatemala. It was written by Miguel Angel Asturias, Nobel Prize for Literature winner.

]]> By: stefany https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/12/08/the-worlds-required-reading-list-the-books-that-students-read-in-28-countries/#comment-940443 stefany Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:47:43 +0000 http://blog.ed.ted.com/?p=8654#comment-940443 gracias por la lista en serio gracias

]]> By: Leanna Zimmerman https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/12/08/the-worlds-required-reading-list-the-books-that-students-read-in-28-countries/#comment-939171 Leanna Zimmerman Sun, 28 May 2017 03:27:08 +0000 http://blog.ed.ted.com/?p=8654#comment-939171 Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, and Jane Austen are some of my favorite authors. You just can’t find the same kind of depth in modern authors, and much of the topics the classic authors touched upon are still relevant today. Also reading the classics is an excellent way to strengthen ones vocabulary and comprehension. I was homeschooled and was required to read several classics, but I really read them by choice, and still enjoy reading them today.

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