More studies are highlighting the benefits of reading out loud

Do you ever (or often) forget what you’ve read, as soon as you’ve read it?

Try speaking the words out loud rather than ingesting them silently.

That’s what a variety of studies on reading comprehension and retention, in readers of all ages, are beginning to suggest.

Reading out loud can carry other benefits beyond memory, too — learn what they are and why humans ended up mostly moving to silent reading in the BBC's article on the power of reading out loud.

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