TEACHING READING • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Teaching reading

... concert is generally of little value, and the time given to it ill-spent. It does not aid the children in getting thought, or in expressing it fluently. As an exercise in teaching reading it is ineffective and often positively harmful. A concert recitation to which special training has been given partakes of the nature of a hymn or a song, and then becomes an element of value. If occasionally there must be concert reading in the class room, it should ...

— De La Salle Fifth Reader • Brothers of the Christian Schools