Story-Driven Content. Big Data. Real Results.
Left on their own, students study the hard way. They memorize word lists. They grind through grammar apps. They cram for tests. But when someone speaks to them in English, they freeze. The words don't come.
Here's why. A native speaker hears 50,000 hours of English by age 18. That's big data. Your students get maybe 1,000 hours of study in six years. That's small data. That gap is what stops them reaching fluency — no matter how well you teach.
The fix is big input. The best way to get it is to live in an English-speaking country — but your students can't. So what's the next best thing?
Big reading, with story-driven content.
When students read big, they live inside English. They meet words again and again in real stories. Their brains absorb the patterns without forcing them. Research shows that reading two million words at their level can equal a year living abroad.
At ReadOasis, 1,700+ learners have read over 400,000,000 words — about 45,000 hours of reading. And here's what they told us:
- 83% found big reading more helpful than traditional study
- 80% enjoyed it more
- 83% grew their confidence in English
They didn't grind. They read stories they liked. Their English grew.
"It was not difficult to study! I was very happy when I understood the contents of the story!"
"ReadOasis helps me learn English in a fun way!"
"My TOEIC score went from 660 to 830 after I started reading a lot."
That's not luck. That's what happens when students stop grinding and start reading big.
Give your students a semester of big reading — free.
Updated from Nishizawa, Yoshioka, & Fukada (2010), "The impact of a 4-year extensive reading program," JALT, Tokyo.
Drills, test prep, and dull content keep learners stuck.
Most learners grind on and on with rules and drills and still can't use English with confidence. ReadOasis gives them level-right, story-driven content they actually like — so they stick with it and build real fluency and confidence.