Thanks for sharing the research. Anyone who has read the works of Janet
Allen also respects the advantages of having audio books for students who
are learning a new language and students who have difficulty with reading.
She emphasizes having the students follow along in the book as they are
listening to the audiobooks.
Shirley Lukenbill, Librarian
Wooldridge Elementary, Austin (TX) ISD
and Lecturer, School of Information
University of Texas at Austin
sluken@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
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[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Susan B. Ferkin
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 11:49 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Audiobooks
I am not sure where this thread began, I'm a bit behind on my email.
However, I attended an outstanding session on audiobooks at AASL in
Pittsburgh. The session was titled "Using Audiobooks to Build Student
Success". The handouts are available from the presentation at
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/conferencesandevents/national/attendees/handouts
a/handouts.htm.
The session was on Sat. Oct. 8 during the 8:30am concurrent session.
Sylvia Vardell, a professor at Texas Women's Univ. presentation focused on
the research in reference to listening. Listening to audiobooks is very
different from reading a book and they develop and improve separate
skills. Listening to a narration can help a reader to hear correct
pronunciation. My son used to listen to the Redwall books on tape and
they were narrated by Brian Jacques. It required a lot of my son's
attention listening to his British accent. I know many of those books he
listened to he would not have read but the tapes exposed him to different
genres.
--
Susan Ferkin, Librarian
Richland Elementary School
5440 Rich Road.
Memphis, TN 38120
(901) 416-2148
ferkinss@k12tn.net
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