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Do modern UK pupil not read aloud? The tone of the article seems to suggest that reading aloud was somehow a uniquely prevalent act in pre-modern education. It

Do modern UK pupil not read aloud? The tone of the article seems to suggest that reading aloud was somehow a uniquely prevalent act in pre-modern education. It didn't specifically mention whether it is still used in modern education. But surely --- hopefully --- people still read aloud all the time? At least in Chinese education, students of all ages are expected to read aloud, in both the course of literature and the course of foreign languages.

gxqoz 6y ago
In the US you still do some reading aloud but it's very limited. Certainly it's not common to have a class on rhetoric. One of my hobbies is quizbowl, a type of trivia competition. Quizbowl questions need to be read aloud with speed and clarity. At higher levels they will have a lot of unfamiliar words. A typical college freshman usually isn't very good at this (I certainly wasn't). After practice they often improve, but some people (including myself) never get great at it--and some never even to an acceptable level.
- Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
  > In the US you still do some reading aloud but it's very limited It's been 20 years, but I remember just going "Ugh" at how slow some of my classmates would read when reading out loud. Many of them would read slower than half the speed that they would normally talk. I read much faster than I can talk, and when reading something to someone, I often find myself paraphrasing things on the fly. I don't say the words on the page, but a reinterpretation to something shorter.
  - jeffrallen 6y ago
    I do the voices. And also dynamically reduce vocabulary level, or add in exclamations or slang expressions. Reading is fun when you've got an appreciative audience!
cameronh90 6y ago
We most certainly did when I was in school 15 years ago. It was even parodied in media, such as the "Mr Cleaves" sketch in Little Britain.

gxqoz 6y ago

In the US you still do some reading aloud but it's very limited. Certainly it's not common to have a class on rhetoric. One of my hobbies is quizbowl, a type of trivia competition. Quizbowl questions need to be read aloud with speed and clarity. At higher levels they will have a lot of unfamiliar words. A typical college freshman usually isn't very good at this (I certainly wasn't). After practice they often improve, but some people (including myself) never get great at it--and some never even to an acceptable level.

Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
> In the US you still do some reading aloud but it's very limited It's been 20 years, but I remember just going "Ugh" at how slow some of my classmates would read when reading out loud. Many of them would read slower than half the speed that they would normally talk. I read much faster than I can talk, and when reading something to someone, I often find myself paraphrasing things on the fly. I don't say the words on the page, but a reinterpretation to something shorter.
- jeffrallen 6y ago
  I do the voices. And also dynamically reduce vocabulary level, or add in exclamations or slang expressions. Reading is fun when you've got an appreciative audience!

cameronh90 6y ago

We most certainly did when I was in school 15 years ago. It was even parodied in media, such as the "Mr Cleaves" sketch in Little Britain.