Klinkenborg states that when her students first read at loud, their lack of familiarity to this mode leads to a loss of "the inner voice of the prose, the life of the language . . our idea of reading is incomplete, impoverished, unless we are also taking the time to read aloud."
This article makes a compelling case for the importance of orality, and the way in which orality and literacy are in fact intertwined as opposed to the stark dichotomy posited by Ong. I'm reminded of how, when studying, reading the text out loud can often be quite helpful. Or how one can best test their read, learned knowledge by teaching someone else that text, that knowledge.
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Klinkenborg states that when her students first read at loud, their lack of familiarity to this mode leads to a loss of "the inner voice of the prose, the life of the language . . our idea of reading is incomplete, impoverished, unless we are also taking the time to read aloud."
This article makes a compelling case for the importance of orality, and the way in which orality and literacy are in fact intertwined as opposed to the stark dichotomy posited by Ong. I'm reminded of how, when studying, reading the text out loud can often be quite helpful. Or how one can best test their read, learned knowledge by teaching someone else that text, that knowledge.
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