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What Difference Does Reading Aloud Make?
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There is a close correlation between a child's reading skill and whether that child enjoys books instead of television show as bedtime rewards.  You can do children a great service by reading to them every day, even for fifteen minutes. And why stop after they've leared how to read for themselves?  Even for readers, hearing language read aloud continues to nourish literacy. X.J. Kennedy and Dorothy M. Kennedy (1999)
Reading Aloud:

 

  • Provides models of language in use.
  • Builds interest in language.
  • Increases awareness of words.
  • Builds vocabulary.
  • Aids in the development of new insights and understandings.
  • Extends and layers on existing knowledge.
  • Aids in overall comprehension.
  • Creates a risk-free zone in which all listeners have more equal access to knowledge. 
  • Has the potential to spark a love of reading.
  • Can have a positve influence on reading attitudes.
  • Provides models of fluent reading.
  • Provides a living demonstration of the act of reading.
  • Can model how readers think in the process of reading.
  • Demonstrates the nature and purpose of reading.
  • Shows the range of topics, styles, and genres available in written language.
  • Helps develop tatstes in reading and selecting literature.
  • Improves listening skills.
  • Aids in the development of imagery.
  • Offers multiple perspectives.
  • Broadens a listener's world view.
  • Makes the rhythms of written language familiar.
  • Provides demonstrations of the various ways stories can be developed.
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