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From https://www.empoweringells.com

Carrie Mage, a high school teacher of English Learners in Ontario, has written a delightful blog post about why and how she reads books aloud to her teenage students. She summarizes some of the reasons as follows:

Reading reasons:

• Fosters a love of reading
• Models reading for pleasure
• Raises the comprehension
• Provides an opportunity to hear a text read fluently
• Provides text-to-self-text-world connections
• Invites students to make predictions and inferences

Language reasons:

• Provides opportunities for authentic talk
• Teaches words in context, not in isolation
• Builds connections to other content areas
• Gives students a solid example of phrasing
• Creates a safe environment, which reduces the affective filter (Krashen)
• Exposes students to various genres of writing
• Builds rapport between teachers and students

Read her full blog post for examples of books that she's read, and her students' reactions: https://www.empoweringells.com/readalouds/