Readathon; a Pleasure-Reading Activity

The Best Kind of Reading is …Pleasure Reading!

The end of the school year is approaching and we couldn’t but come up with an extremely fun, relaxing, and productive way to say goodbye! Our school’s garden is always a good idea to enjoy the springtime’s refreshing vibes and so we left our classroom to embark on this beautiful reading journey which took approximately 1 hour.

The Aims and the Gains!

The aim of the Readathon event was for our students to read for pleasure, in a relaxing mode, and of course ….in silence! And as Jeanne Henry put it…

The most beautiful silence on earth is that of students engrossed in their reading!

Jeanne Henry

As for the gains, the fact that students were encouraged to read for pleasure is fulfilling in itself! Establishing a positive attitude towards reading is immensely rewarding and it should always be our priority!

The Extensive Reading Approach

READATHON is an extensive reading activity which draws on the Extensive Reading Approach. This approach is based on the consensus among researchers that we acquire language when we are exposed to lots of comprehensible input in the form of reading and when we feel relaxed and motivated.
To find out more about the Extensive Reading Approach and its advantages click here!

We are excited to tell you that…

The readathon inspired us to incorporate an Extensive Reading Program into our curriculum for the next school year! Besides, every student deserves some time of enjoyable reading in a safe, caring and quiet environment and of course without the fear of being tested or somehow evaluated on it!

Today we are celebrating Reading!
Cheers with a cup of English tea!

P.S. For the needs of taking a picture to remember our last day of lessons, this photo was captured not… so spontaneously!!!