How useful is reading aloud for speech practice?
In your opinion and/or experience, is reading Spanish aloud useful for improving your Spanish-speaking skills significantly?
Would it help one speak with better grammar more easily?
4 Answers
I'd say very important, not only does your mouth get the needed practice to make the necessary (and often unfamiliar) shapes needed to pronounce the Spanish words but you start to learn the grammar by osmosis 
It's also great if you can listen to a recording of the material by a native speaker first, then you can try to imitate them and you'll instinctively know when you don't sound quite as you should.
Yes, but you have to listen to yourself in order to round up the overall effect of the exercise.
Record yourself, listen attentively and see how you can imitate better what you have heard in movies, friends etc.
I always suggest the bible because not only because of the good words but because it is the easiest book to find in Spanish and English. Also, you can easily acquire a Spanish CD bible to listen to, just make sure it is the same translation as the text. Some use vosotros others don't.
actorgirl posted a really good exercise on this site not too long ago. It requires reading and recording a poem in both english and spanish. It is a great way to listen to yourself and others both native and nonnative speakers. See below link:
