Thirty years ago, when I was a class 6 student, we were given reading practice by our English language teacher. He made each student read a passage aloud every day. He used to correct o
Learning a language does not just mean saying something new. It helps to also practise saying words and sounds. The activities below are ways for students to enjoy the music of English.
Getting students to read out loud is a common practice in many classrooms, but do you think it is an effective way to help students to learn and practise English? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
How often do you get your students to read aloud in class?
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In general, students learning to read in English do not like reading and they rarely read. This is partly due to the way reading is approached in the language class.
As a teacher I had always perceived 'reading aloud' as a 'taboo' in the EFL classroom since it focuses specifically on a 'bottom-up' approach where learners can fall into traps of worrying about 100% comprehension or simply read aloud without understanding the text.
These activities describe different ways you and your students can read text aloud in order to develop your students' feeling for the music of the language.
