In the academic program, reading is also listening training because it involves the teaching of _____.

• A. Writing
• B. Speaking
• C. Mathematics
• D. Grammar

Answer: (B)

Reading acts as listening training because it exposes you to how language sounds in real speech—the pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation you hear in everyday conversation. When you read aloud or even silently with an ear for spoken delivery, you’re rehearsing speaking skills: you notice how sentences are voiced, where emphasis falls, and how ideas flow together. Texts often include dialogues or conversational styles, providing models of natural speech for you to imitate. That connection is why speaking is the skill reinforced through reading in this program. Writing focuses on producing written text, mathematics is unrelated to language practice, and grammar describes rules rather than the act of speaking, so they don’t align with the same training pathway as reading does for speaking.