AUDIO BOOKS

Elle Galvez EDU 214

 AUDIO BOOKS?
Audio books are recordings of people reading chapters of a book/article. There are multiple
programs that offer this (Audible, Chirpbooks, Google, etc.). The good thing about audio
books is that they don’t always need to be bought. Some chapter book recordings can be
found on Youtube as well! It benefits readers with certain disabilities because no physical
reading is involved, but they are still retaining the information. It also helps students whose
first language is not English, the audio can be changed in the settings if using a program.
 CLASSROOM USAGE
Audio books can help the visually impaired and other disabilities (ADD, Dyslexia,
etc..) read books. Students with dyslexia do not need to worry about having a
hard time reading or not understanding the text. There are wonderful book
readers that really put emotion into the text. It can really help students feel the
tone/mood of what they are reading (hearing). It can also help the auditory
learners understand the readings more. Readers can still read along as well if
they choose to do so.
 PROS
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Can help with No more
skill acquisition Increases word
printed
(reading speed, exposure and
word
language vocabulary
decoding
capabilities, anxiety
listening)
 CONS
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audio Audio might Students
books/audio be read at may forget
websites can the wrong how to read
be costly pace for the
student
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 REFERENCES
Tapia, J. L., Rosa, E., Rocabado, F., Vergara-Martínez, M., & Perea, M. (2021, September 20).
Does narrator variability facilitate incidental word learning in the classroom? Memory & Cognition.
Retrieved October 4, 2021, from https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13421-021-01228-4.

Johnson, D. (2017, January 30). Benefits of audiobooks for all readers. Reading Rockets. Retrieved October 4,
2021, from https://www.readingrockets.org/article/benefits-audiobooks-all-readers.