A study determined if regular listening to oral reading by the teacher affected fourth-grade students' level of comprehension. Subjects were 47 students from an elementary school in central New Jersey. Twenty-five students were read to for 30 minutes daily for 8 weeks in addition to their regular classroom reading instruction. The remaining 22 students received their regular classroom reading instruction. Pre- and post-tests were given using the Ginn level Eleven Reading Test. A student questionnaire was administered at the outset of the study to determine interest in reading. Results indicated that students exposed to oral reading scored higher in reading comprehension tests than students not exposed. (Contains 23 references and 4 tables of data. An appendix presents the questionnaire, pre- and post-test data for the control and experimental groups, and questionnaire results from the control and experimental groups.) (RS)