ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Witches’ hats, masks and English flashcards took over a language school in Islamabad for Halloween, as children arrived at the Berlitz Language Institute dressed as their favourite cartoon characters and superheroes.
The little guests spent the event on games and stories, and went trick-or-treating around the institute, which had been hung with bat, ghost and pumpkin decorations and orange and black balloons. “I am the Batman,” one small boy declared, and a girl said she had come as Hermione, with her little brother as Harry Potter. Adults joined in too, in witch’s hats and masks of their own.
There was a lesson tucked inside the fun. Between the games and the costumes, the children picked up new English words and phrases and got a glimpse of other cultures and traditions, including through word cards laid out on the tables.
