TECH CHECK

DIALOGIC
READING
and the many
triumphs of
Read Aloud

RUTH MARTIN-DE GUZMAN

Learning Goals
1. Define read aloud
2. Name reasons why read aloud
should be practiced
3. Tell ways to do read aloud
effectively
4. Exercise dialogic reading
“The single most important activity for
building the knowledge required for
eventual success in reading is reading aloud
to children.”

“Becoming a Nation of Readers”,

US Department of Education (1985)
 What is reading aloud?
Just. Reading. Out. Loud.
 What is reading aloud?
1
Should be done
1. As early in life as possible
2. As frequent as possible

1 American Academy of Pediatrics, 2015

 What is reading aloud?
2
Most effective when
1. Done with a significant adult
2. Makes use of age and culturally
appropriate books
3. Done in the context of a safe learning
space

2 Reach Out and Read, 2019

Why read aloud?
 Why read aloud?

Interactions and relationships,

specially when started early in life,
bring about healthy brain
development.

Donoghue EA and AAP-CEC, 2017

How do books build better brains?
Perri Klass, MD, FAAP

1. High quality language-rich adult child interactions

2. Opportunities (and prompts) for serve and return
3. Daily routines which can buffer toxic stress for children
4. Exposure to print, letters, story structure and sequence

5. Positive associations with books and stories

6. School readiness
 Why read aloud?

Literacy experiences promote

language development.
 Why read aloud?

Reading aloud promotes

literacy skill building
 literacy skills
Vocabulary
Phonics
Familiarity with printed words
Comprehension
 Why read aloud?

It is a triumph of the spirit

Read Aloud
is a triumph of the spirit
Perri Klass, MD, FAAP

1. Children’s brains are supported and nurtured during vital

developmental windows

2. Families maintain routines that create security

Read Aloud
is a triumph of the spirit
Perri Klass, MD, FAAP

3. Children learn words, numbers, concepts, rhymes, stories–

all in the context of affection and attention

4. Children learn that books are sources of pleasure and

information– and that significant adults that read to them can
help open up the world.
How do you read aloud?
START AS
EARLY AS
YOU CAN.
CHOOSE AGE
AND
CULTURALLY
APPROPRIATE
BOOKS.
PRACTICE
SERVE AND
RETURN.
DIALOGIC READING
DIALOGIC READING
• An evidence-based method
promoting brain and language
development through oral
reading
DIALOGIC READING
• Open ended questions
• Function/attribute questions
• Expansions
• Appropriate response from adults
• Decreased frequency of straight reading and
answering by pointing
It highlights the
conversation in
storytelling.
Talking with peers
Questioning the crowd
Talking Prompts
P - Prompt
E - Evaluate
E - Elaborate
R - Repeat
P: Prompt the child
with a question about
the story.
E: Evaluate your
child's response.
E: Elaborate. Expand
on what your child
said.
R: Repeat or revisit
the prompt you
started with.
 Questioning Prompts
C - Completion
R - Recall
O - Open-ended
W - Wh Questions
D - Distancing
C: Completion
questions.
Ask the child to finish a
hanging sentence.
R: Recall questions.
Ask about details from
the story.
O: Open-ended
questions. Not
answerable by “Yes” or
“No.”
W: WH- Questions to
teach new vocab and
focus on details of the
story.
D: Distancing questions
to tap inferencing skills.
P.E.E.R METHOD
STRATEGY EXAMPLE
P: Prompt the child with a question about the Teacher: “Ano ang nakikita mo sa pabalat ng
story.  aklat? Kilala mo ba ito?” 
Expected Response: “Kalabaw!”
E: Evaluate the child's response. Teacher: ““Tama, kalabaw! Nakikita ko nga
ang kalabaw dito. “Anong masasabi mo sa
kalabaw?”
Expected Response: “Malaki at mataba.”
E: Expand on what the child said.  Teacher: “Oo, nga. Malaki at mataba ang
kalabaw. Kulay abo rin. Mukha rin siyang
mabait.”
R: Repeat or revisit the prompt you started Teacher: “O sige tignan natin kung anong
with, encouraging the child to use the new mangyayari sa kalabaw sa kuwento natin.
information you've provided.  Tignan natin kung bakit mabait ang
kalabaw.”
C.R.O.W.D. METHOD
STRATEGY EXAMPLE
C - COMPLETION QUESTIONS  “Ang mabait na kalabaw ay tahimik na
___________.”

R - RECALL QUESTIONS “Bakit nga siya mahal ng kaniyang mga

kaibigan?”
O - OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS  “Ano kaya ang nararamdaman ng kalabaw
habang naliligo? Ikaw, anong
nararamdaman mo kapag naliligo ka?”

“Paano tinutulugan ng kalabaw ang mama?

Ikaw, paano ka tumutulong sa bahay?”
“Sino-sino ang mga kaibigan ng kalabaw?
W - Wh- QUESTIONS Sige nga, pangalanan natin!”

D - DISTANCING QUESTIONS “Katulad ka ba ng mabait na kalabaw?

Paano kayo pareho? Paano kayo magkaiba?”
 THANK YOU.
Read to a child today.