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Reading aloud improves children's speech and language skills.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that reading aloud improves children's speech and language skills?

Unclear. Two small studies give partial support: a Swedish preschool staff questionnaire reported reading aloud and storytelling were used and believed to aid communication development, and a 19-child study of preschoolers with autism found expressive language gains after an 8-week program that included storybook reading aloud. Neither isolates reading aloud as the cause or measures speech and language skills broadly.

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Improvement of Preschool Children's Speech and Language Skills
2020
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Jane, B. & Karin, R. (2020). Improvement of Preschool Children's Speech and Language Skills. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2018.1564917

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Structured Oral Language Therapy on Expressive Language in Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
2025
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H, S., I, N., S, B., B, S., T, A., H, K., SA, H., & MM, K. (2025). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Structured Oral Language Therapy on Expressive Language in Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2147/ndt.s521917

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