Read my paper out loud? Rather not.

I've always hated peers reading my papers beside the teacher of course. I always  feel embarrassed and awkward when I hear my words vocalized. So it didn't really help when in class Monday we were instructed to have someone else not only just read our paper silently but read it OUT LOUD in a small group.  When my paper was read I got all nervous and red, but by the end it really wasn't all that bad. The group had good things to say about my paper so that made me gain more confidence about my writing skills.  Sadly thought even thought I was comfortable with that, it wasn't the end of it. Two people then had to read your paper silently to criticize and analyze it.  Both techniques I realized turned out to be really beneficial. Hearing it out loud helped me see where certain phrases made no sense, or were complicated to read. I also gained a benefit from two people analyzing and criticizing it, it really helped me see the deep down issues and things that I could do to improve my paper, like grammatical errors. Overall thought I left class that day with a better understanding of what my paper should look like. I fixed up certain parts and it it already sounds SOO much better.