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OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF READ ALOUD TO CHILDREN: A POSITION PAPER

Al Ryanne G Gatcho

 

Abstract:

Read aloud as a strategy has been utilized by many classroom teachers with the goal of effectively and successfully teaching reading to children. However, teachers should remember that teaching reading is not a “one size fits all” since students have individual differences and needs. This paper offers perspectives about read aloud as a strategy to cultivate teachers’ knowledge on how it can be utilized in a way that it can develop the reading skills and reading habits of every learner. Both opportunities and challenges of read aloud to children were explicated to provide teachers a leeway whether the strategy is appropriate on their pedagogical milieus. Finally, the concluding part of the paper offers the pedagogical implications of read aloud to give teachers a better grasp of the considerations they need to undertake before adopting the strategy in their classrooms.