In hearing and seeing the relationship between spoken and written language, learners acquire and expand their vocabulary.

Grades six and seven learners at Michael Zulu Primary School practised reading out loud on World Read Aloud Day, on February 5. This was done under the watchful eye of teacher Nonhlanhla Songo. World ...

Remember when you would sit in your classroom and listen to your elementary teachers read aloud to you? If you were extra lucky, you may have been blessed with middle school and high school ...

Study after study confirms that reading aloud to your kids has numerous benefits. We know that it promotes language ...

Then she added, “Actually, can you read to me?” I was surprised. I hadn’t read aloud to her in a few years, but it had been a feature of her childhood. When she was 21 months old ...

Each year, as many as 3.4 million babies miss out on a basic building block for early brain development: They aren’t read aloud to beginning at birth. Reading aloud from birth plays a vital ...

Starting lessons with a read-aloud can boost engagement and inspire students to make personal connections to math concepts.

Western Cape Cultural Affairs and Sport MEC Ricardo Mackenzie said in a country where 60% of homes have no books, adding that 80% of children cannot read for meaning. Reading should be a national ...

A groundbreaking discovery by Professor Oshiotse Andrew Okwilagwe of the University of Ibadan (UI) has revealed that unborn ...

February 5 is World Read Aloud Day, an annual day of advocacy to promote the benefits of reading aloud in terms of community and literacy. In her educational series of Virtuepops books, author Frances ...

Today, 5 February, is World Read Aloud Day (WRAD). The Publishers’ Association of South Africa (PASA) and Nal’ibali, South Africa’s reading-for-enjoyment campaign, invite you to help spread a love of ...