8 powerful benefits of audio books to teaching
I know for a fact when I was growing up, most of my friends hated reading as there as so many 'easier' and more fun things to do.
Audio books have now made it possible for children to get better access to materials that they don't like reading.
Of course they must still read, but reading any material and still hearing it makes the reading much more interesting.
Many schools have now taken audio books not just to the homes of their students but also in the classrooms.
Experts in the educational sector have agreed that audio books in the classrooms go a long way to help students more than normal books, especially those students who are just beginning to read or those who have difficulty in reading.
Here I have listed eight advantages of pupils using audio books
1. When a child listens to an audio book it's like having a new teacher teaching them, as this is a change it makes it more exciting and new.
2. You can find audio books that are specifically made to make learning entertaining, it's a much more fun way of teching.
3. An audio book being played in the classroom will free up the teacher time, they can spend more time preparing exciting lessons and other tasks.
4. For children with reading difficulties, they can slowly follow the readings from audio books until it feels comfortable to read.
It's a very powerful way of improving learning skills as all children have to do is listen to an audio book while reading the printed words.
5. You could end up saving a lot of money. Instead of buying dozens of books for a classroom, just one audio book can be played for all the students in the classroom.
6. Audio books that tell interesting stories are very helpful in times when the children would have become too tired to read and study.
Most importantly, popular stories that children love, will be very interesting for them to listen to.
7. Children don't particularly like printed books as they do audio books. It feels much more comfortable for them to "listen" to an audio book than "read" a book.
8. Audio books also have children deal with the pronunciation of certain words that they would have difficulty with merely reading them. It's a really good way of learning pronunciation, hearing the actual word spoken at the same time as seeing how it is spelt.
All in all, most children find it a great deal of fun listening to a lesson on audio, rather than having to read it. This is for the same reason that kids love movies and TV, as it much more fun than reading a book.
No wonder more schools are embracing the technology of audio books for teaching their children.
An excellent source that I have found for audio book downloads is Spoken Network. You can find them at:
www.spokennetwork.com?cam=ama0023
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