The read-aloud as a primary experience
Date
2003
Authors
Langmuir, Gayla
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
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Publisher
Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2003
Abstract
The act of teachers reading aloud to children has become an increasingly common
experience as more teachers use literature-based reading instruction. This study examines
the significance of the Read-Aloud in a primary classroom through a phenomenological
account. It includes a brief history of phenomenology as a research method into
pedagogic practice. The lived experience of the Read-Aloud is analyzed through the six
research activities recommended by van Manen (1990) in the book Researching Li1'ed
Experience. Audio taped read-aloud sessions in a grade one / two classroom are
combined with adult memories of being read to. Four themes emerge as essential to the
experience of the Read-Aloud in a primary classroom. These themes are: pleasure,
enhanced vocabulary, the ability to move beyond the here and now through imagination
and an increased understanding of the real world. The study concludes with a discussion
of the responsibility of the pedagogue in light of what was discovered about the
experience of the Read-Aloud.
Description
v, 62 leaves ; 29 cm. --
Keywords
Oral reading , Reading (Elementary)