Six Book Challenge for students

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16 March 2010

Coleg Llandrillo Cymru is participating in the Six Book Challenge 2010 for the first time this year. The Six Book Challenge is a UK-wide annual incentive scheme for less confident adult readers which invites adults to read six books and record their reading in a diary in order to receive a certificate.

Coleg Llandrillo Cymru is running the challenge at its Rhos-on-Sea and Denbigh campuses with a prize draw and classroom activities to encourage the readers. The college also offers literacy support and courses for anyone wanting to improve their English.

Now in its third successful year, the Six Book Challenge was launched in 2008 by The Reading Agency, the charity which works to inspire people to read more. Over half of adults (56%) have literacy skills below the level of a good GCSE. The Six Book Challenge offers a new and creative approach to improving literacy skills in a fun and accessible way.

“Our stubborn national skills problems show we need new ways to tackle literacy issues,” said Miranda McKearney, Director of The Reading Agency. “We launched the Six Book Challenge in 2008, and I wish we’d started it years ago! It’s a deceptively simple, motivational scheme that has a tremendous impact on people’s lives.’

9,000 adults took part in the Six Book Challenge in 2009, up 25% on 2008. 70% of library services across the UK ran the scheme as well as colleges, adult and community education centres, workplaces and prisons. 90% of participants said they feel more confident about reading after taking part, and tutors say that the Challenge improves learners’ confidence, increases their motivation and helps them develop a reading habit.