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From: Mullin, Margaret Boling <mbmullin>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:24:36 -0500
I am a reading specialist working with 4th - 8th graders who don't read up to the level that we (the school) would like them to be. I think audio books are fabulous.
I allow (and in some cases strongly encourage) my kids to listen to the audio recording. The only requirment is that they have to read along in the book at the same time. Therefore, I absolutely require unabridged recordings.
I tell my kids that the audio recording is sort of like "training wheels;" it helps pick up the reader's pace, helps readers avoid getting bogged down in decoding longer words, provides the correct pronunciation for words like /bow/ or /present/, etc. I find that kids who are reading behind their age-level are generally able to read more age appropriate books, gain exposure to more sophisticated vocabulary, process more complex sentence structure, etc. I've had several students in 7th & 8th grades tell me that the first book they listened to on audio tape (and read simultaneously) is the first chapter book they'd ever finished.
Can you tell I'm a fan? !!!
Margaret Boling Mullin Title I Reading Specialist, Maplewood Elementary, Indianapolis Ph.D. student, Indiana University
Quoting James Elliott <libraryjim at embarqmail.com>:
> When my son was having trouble with reading (he was below level), the
> tutor suggested that we get an unabridged audio of one of his
> favorite books (he picked Harry Potter) and have him read along with
> the narration. It helped quite a bit. I can't give that all the
> credit, of course, but with work he surpassed his reading age level
> and now enjoys reading, staying up past bedtime to finish a book (the
> ONE reason we give him that allows him to do so).
>
> Jim Elliott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Colette Eason <ceason at dallasisd.org>
> To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu, Betty Tisel <tiselfar at visi.com>
> Sent: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:41:02 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Is listening to a book reading?
>
> Good morning readers!
>
> Betty is absolutely correct that there is a difference in listening and
> reading a book, especially for those learners with learning differences.
> I have not read any articles or research on this, but from personal
> experience and classroom observations and teaching, it is a great help
> to read materials aloud for most learners. That is not just listening
> and reading along silently, but actually reading aloud along with whom
> ever is reading. Everyone learns differently, visually, auditory,
> tactually, as well as kinaesthetically. If you are just reading for
> enjoyment, listening to an audio book is excellent. If you are trying
> to learn from the material being read, it is advisable to have the
> printed material before you as well as reading along with the audio
> portion.
>
> just my $.02!
> Colette
>
> Colette D. Eason, Librarian
> Marsalis ES
> 5640 S. Marsalis Ave.
> Dallas, TX 75241
> Box 317, TEA #183
> Dallas ISD
> ceason at dallasisd.org
> 972-749-3508
> FAX 972-749-3501
>
>
> At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that
> threshold,
> that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives forever, for
> the
> better. ~~Barack Obama
>
> You see, I don't believe libraries should be drab places where people
> sit in
> silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing
> wild
> animals as librarians. ~~Monty Python
>
>>>> Betty Tisel <tiselfar at visi.com> 03/04/08 8:15 AM >>>
> It would be great to have some kind of neuroscientist step in here and
> talk
> about what happens in our brains when we read a story, and what happens
> in
> our brains when we listen to a story. It must be quite different.
>
> I am not really invested in the debate "IS LISTENING READING?"
> We receive stories in many ways. I am curious though about what our
> brains
> do with the visual input vs the audio input.
>
> Betty Tisel
> Minneapolis MN
>
>
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Received on Wed 05 Mar 2008 11:24:36 AM CST
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:24:36 -0500
I am a reading specialist working with 4th - 8th graders who don't read up to the level that we (the school) would like them to be. I think audio books are fabulous.
I allow (and in some cases strongly encourage) my kids to listen to the audio recording. The only requirment is that they have to read along in the book at the same time. Therefore, I absolutely require unabridged recordings.
I tell my kids that the audio recording is sort of like "training wheels;" it helps pick up the reader's pace, helps readers avoid getting bogged down in decoding longer words, provides the correct pronunciation for words like /bow/ or /present/, etc. I find that kids who are reading behind their age-level are generally able to read more age appropriate books, gain exposure to more sophisticated vocabulary, process more complex sentence structure, etc. I've had several students in 7th & 8th grades tell me that the first book they listened to on audio tape (and read simultaneously) is the first chapter book they'd ever finished.
Can you tell I'm a fan? !!!
Margaret Boling Mullin Title I Reading Specialist, Maplewood Elementary, Indianapolis Ph.D. student, Indiana University
Quoting James Elliott <libraryjim at embarqmail.com>:
> When my son was having trouble with reading (he was below level), the
> tutor suggested that we get an unabridged audio of one of his
> favorite books (he picked Harry Potter) and have him read along with
> the narration. It helped quite a bit. I can't give that all the
> credit, of course, but with work he surpassed his reading age level
> and now enjoys reading, staying up past bedtime to finish a book (the
> ONE reason we give him that allows him to do so).
>
> Jim Elliott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Colette Eason <ceason at dallasisd.org>
> To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu, Betty Tisel <tiselfar at visi.com>
> Sent: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:41:02 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Is listening to a book reading?
>
> Good morning readers!
>
> Betty is absolutely correct that there is a difference in listening and
> reading a book, especially for those learners with learning differences.
> I have not read any articles or research on this, but from personal
> experience and classroom observations and teaching, it is a great help
> to read materials aloud for most learners. That is not just listening
> and reading along silently, but actually reading aloud along with whom
> ever is reading. Everyone learns differently, visually, auditory,
> tactually, as well as kinaesthetically. If you are just reading for
> enjoyment, listening to an audio book is excellent. If you are trying
> to learn from the material being read, it is advisable to have the
> printed material before you as well as reading along with the audio
> portion.
>
> just my $.02!
> Colette
>
> Colette D. Eason, Librarian
> Marsalis ES
> 5640 S. Marsalis Ave.
> Dallas, TX 75241
> Box 317, TEA #183
> Dallas ISD
> ceason at dallasisd.org
> 972-749-3508
> FAX 972-749-3501
>
>
> At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that
> threshold,
> that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives forever, for
> the
> better. ~~Barack Obama
>
> You see, I don't believe libraries should be drab places where people
> sit in
> silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing
> wild
> animals as librarians. ~~Monty Python
>
>>>> Betty Tisel <tiselfar at visi.com> 03/04/08 8:15 AM >>>
> It would be great to have some kind of neuroscientist step in here and
> talk
> about what happens in our brains when we read a story, and what happens
> in
> our brains when we listen to a story. It must be quite different.
>
> I am not really invested in the debate "IS LISTENING READING?"
> We receive stories in many ways. I am curious though about what our
> brains
> do with the visual input vs the audio input.
>
> Betty Tisel
> Minneapolis MN
>
>
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