5.2 Reading out loud
Reading out loud is not just a great way for your students to improve their spoken fluency; it is also a great way to improve their overall comprehension. Let’s start off by looking at the benefits of reading out loud.
5.2.1 Why read aloud?
Increased retention: Anytime that you can access more than one sense, you are more likely to retain the information you are consuming. This is why the most memorable lessons from school were the ones where you did an activity that required you to get out of your seat and move around. Adding that extra wrinkle made it more memorable. When we read out loud, we are not only reading, but we are also listening to what we read.
Increased focus: When you read to yourself, it is easy for your mind to wander and get distracted by external forces. Reading out loud creates an atmosphere of reading and requires you to focus on every word. That does not mean that your mind cannot wander, so you still need to keep yourself honest, but it definitely cuts down on being distracted.
Self-correction: It is much easier to hear yourself pronouncing a word wrong when you say it out loud. When you read a word silently, you don’t need to be able to pronounce it to identify it. Reading out loud definitely helps you improve your speaking fluency because it ensures that you know how to pronounce the words you are reading (or that you learn). Self-correction is also important. If you are aware enough of the rules of English pronunciation to realize when you have made a mistake and fix it, you are operating at a high level of understanding.
Learn and practice intonation: As you read out loud, you can begin practicing intonation, stressing the right syllables and delivering the lines the way they were meant to be delivered. This is another indication of a deep understanding of the intricacies of the language, since intonation is only implied and not explicitly detailed in a piece of writing.
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