reading aloud it helped me a lot with the pronunciation and to gain more confidence while reading as well.

My professor told us that reading is silent by nature but, in the class, we resort to aloud reading to check students' pronunciation and see who of them has dyslexia. In fact if they are unable to read or confuse some letters like (d-b)or words like (saw-was) they won't understand well. hey i sometimes use shared reading to encourage my students and help them have some confidence in themselves, they really like this way.

It helps you practice your speaking skill and see how well you are doing.

Hi... Yes it is very important for the student to read out loud to build confidence and practice.

You are hearing yourself, monitoring your progress in speech and practicing speaking at the same time.