Echo or Choral Reading

Kathleen Carper

Echo Reading

Definition: teacher reads aloud small portions of the text to allow students to hear how a text should sound, then students reread the text, mimicking the fluency and intonation of the teacher.

Real life example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXKGn0YscHI

Choral Reading

Definition: teacher and students read simultaneously, with the teacher gradually letting the students take the lead

Main Goal

• to help students become more fluent in reading a particular passage

• this is especially beneficial to struggling readers or English as a second language readers

Echo Reading

Tonight's the night(Hey!)Let's live it up(Let's live it up)I got my money(My pay)Let's spend it up(Let's spend it up)

Choral Reading

I got a feeling That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good nightThat tonight's gonna be a good, good night