By the way, Mireya is “surprisingly okay,” she says. The student of the Nieuwegein primary school De Toonladder has trained hard. She sums it up: “Practice, practice, practice. And then rest now and then, otherwise you will work too hard.” She has a tactic to – hopefully – win the win, she explains. “Don’t read too fast, don’t read too slow. Read from your heart.”
Mireya from Nieuwegein in the final of the National Reading Competition: ‘You really have to touch your audience’
