BENEFITS OF READING ALOUD
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There are many benefits of reading aloud, especially to children. Some of these benefits include building up vocabulary, building connections between the spoken and written, providing enjoyment, and increasing the children’s attention span. For reading aloud to be effective, the teachers should consider factors that might affect the process. Factors like the amount of time to be spent reading aloud, the choice of text to read, the method to use, and finally, the fit of reading aloud to the curriculum.
Building up vocabulary is one of the benefits of reading aloud. Research shows words that are read aloud are later recognized compared to words read in a silent study. There is a 10-25% chance of remembering words that are read aloud than words that were read in silence (Rumbaugh & Landau 2018). Therefore, if you read aloud to children, they encode the words, and that is how they build their vocabularies. Research also shows that children acquire most of their words through listening, so reading aloud will help them acquire new words and retain them. The way the reading is done also affects the words that stick and the ones that don’t stick, so the teachers should ensure that the reading aloud exercise is as memorable as possible.
Reading aloud helps children in remembering words easily compared to when they read silently. The reader should, however, personalize the reading to make it more memorable. Reading aloud is considered a practical action. Practical actions have a better chance of being remembered compared to others (Acosta 2019). It is up to the teachers to ensure that the reading is as practical as possible. The teacher should involve the students in the reading to make it more practical. When they do this, there is a 45% chance that the child will remember what they read in class compared to when someone else read it for them.
Reading aloud increases the children’s attention span, but it all depends on how the teacher uses it. Research unfolding a story slowly helps the child to concentrate compared to just reading. Children will be more intrigued when they listen to a story that has a storyline and has a base for them. Reading that is full of suspense and keeps them on the edge of their sits. This is how a teacher should their reading. 20% of the time when children pay attention in class is when the teacher is reading an intriguing story.
Children enjoy being read to, which is a good way to get children to enjoy reading and listening. When you involve them in the reading by making them read aloud, it becomes more enjoyable. You can also look for other ways of ensuring that they are part of the reading by having a discussion with them about the reading before and after the reading. This way, you will ensure that they are fully involved in the reading.
Reading aloud as a lot of benefits helps build up vocabulary, improves memory, Increases the children’s attention span, and provides enjoyment. It is only effective if the collect method of reading is applied (Lane & Wright 2007). Methods like the reading application, which involves the children reading, Personalizing the reading, and unfolding the story in stages to keep the suspense. Teachers should learn that the only way reading around is beneficial to the children depends on the way they intend to do it.
Lane, H. B., & Wright, T. L. (2007). Maximizing the effectiveness of reading aloud. The Reading Teacher, 60(7), 668-675.
Rumbaugh, C. M., & Landau, J. D. (2018). Recognition and recall performance both benefit from the production effect with content-specific information. Reading Psychology, 39(1), 29-40.
Acosta-Tello, E. (2019). Reading Aloud: Engaging Young Children during a Read Aloud Experience. Research in Higher Education Journal, 37.