What is Read Aloud?
In “Read Aloud” someone reads a story, book of fiction, news article, picture book, essay, poem, or trade book to another person. Usually this is a practice of parents who want to develop the enjoyment of reading in their young children or adults who want to develop the vocabulary knowledge, focused listening skills, or critical thinking skills of children and adolescents. Since children usually ask questions about the Read Aloud selection, and these questions lead to explanations, making connections and questions by the reader, informal discussion skills are indirectly developed through Read Aloud activities. Hall and Moats (2000) summarized research about the gains to a “child whose parents read aloud to him” in a list of six benefits: the child Develops background knowledge about a variety of topics Builds vocabulary Develops familiarity with “rich language patterns” Develops familiarity of story structure and patterns Develops familiarity with the reading process Views reading as a
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- On the Writing Conventions part, can the questions/sentences be read aloud to the students?
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