Oral reading, usually designated as unessential, is an effective teaching technique which students enjoy. Through careful preparation, reading to students can help to develop linguistic, cognitive, perceptual, and affective abilities necessary to read well. This can be combined productively with a program of silent, independent reading. An outline of factors affecting reading ability and a table of illustrative questions to help develop the related cognitive, linguistic, perceptual, and affective abilities are included. (AA)