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Scottish English teachers have a lot of freedom when it comes to selecting books for their National 5 pupils. But they still have to select at least one Scottish work from a set list.

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According to a Gallup survey from 2022, Americans are reading fewer books per year than ever before. And the time that people spend reading has dropped over the years, too.

Here is a simple example of a comprehension question that you might find in an English lesson. Tommy is wearing a grey jumper, round glasses and a blue hat.

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English literature is a compulsory GCSE for many, if not most students in England. Secondary school pupils will have to read and analyse several books and plays picked out by their teacher.

So you can’t go from reading portions of books to suddenly reading like, you know, 20 novels for a course. That just doesn’t make any sense. Horowitch: Yes. Yeah.

English literature is a compulsory GCSE for many, if not most students in England. Secondary school pupils will have to read and analyse several books and plays picked out by their teacher.