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If a child doesn't understand a certain topic a teacher sometimes says:
Just give it a read and come to me tomorrow if you don't get it.
Is "give it a read" natural in this context? Does it sound too slangy for a teacher or is a teacher likely to use it?
What about:
Just read it once.
Just go through it once.
Does "read it once" sound better than "give it a read"?
"Just go through it once" sounds fine.
"Just read it once" does not sound natural. It might be said, but there are other, likelier options.
"Just give it a read" is definitely casual, but not necessarily too casual for a teacher to use with a student (that's really a question about teaching styles, more than language styles, but in short most American teachers do not speak particularly formally).
A more likely phrase would be, "give it a try," as long as it's clear from context that "trying" means "reading."
