Dialogic reading involves an adult and child having a dialogue around the text they are reading aloud together. Learn how to use this strategy effectively to help kids build vocabulary and verbal fluency skills and understand story structure and meaning. Downloadable handouts to help guide parents in using dialogic reading are available in English and 17 other languages.
Dr. Diane August is a managing director with the American Institutes for Research and a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Applied Linguistics. Her area of expertise is the development of science and literacy in second-language learners.
