Recently, a new Swedish research has said, kids can polish their reading skills by practicing to read aloud to their pet dogs. The research result concluded by two Swedish brilliant students at a teacher’s training college and presented the result in a joint thesis at the University of Skovde. An interview with Swedish radio, Cecilia Persson and Rebecka Dirfeldt, the two students, told “A dog doesn’t judge and I can practice listening to my own voice and become more confident.”

They said they had set the technique to practice after spotting an article about specially-trained dogs in the U.S.A. that were well-trained in order that sit still while kids read to them. For this study, the two researchers asked some specific 8 years old children who had a dog as pet to practice reading an article aloud to their pet.

Cecilia Persson, one of the researchers, told Swedish radio that the overall outcome was favorable although several dogs ran off whereas other dogs fell asleep during the exercise time. On the other hand, “Most enjoyed that someone sat still and listened,” said Persson. She also hoped that as soon as she and her colleague, Dirfeldt start teaching they will promote and encourage their students to read aloud to their pet dogs so that their students hone their reading skill.

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