Sunday, October 10, 2010

How often do you get your students to read aloud in class?

How often do you get your students to read aloud in class? From this statistics, it's interesting to find out that there are still some teachers never let their students read aloud in class. There's an interesting reading technique "Reader's Theater" that could be applied in class. I think teachers who know this would be willing to try this. Reader's theater is a way of reading in a meaningful and fluent way. Readers have their voice go up and down to bring the characters to life. However, there's study pointed out that it's better not to read aloud because if students try to read aloud they would focus on the pronunciation itself  but not comprehending the content. In my opinion, the way to comprimise these two contrary perceptions is to have students read the materials by themself first to comprehend the content, and then have groups practice reading aloud to make the content more meaningful. Not only readers feel interesting but also audiences feel amazing. In this way, learners have a sense of achievement to reading. As a result, they are more willing to read more and more, and this is what teachers looking for.


1 comment:

  1. Your idea of reading for content and then reading for sharing sounds like a very good compromise.
    Dr. Burgos

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