Audio books education

Education

• Educators know that one of the most important reasons for the increasing

interest in audiobooks for young people is the research demonstrating that

listening to audiobooks fosters reading comprehension, fluency, language

acquisition, vocabulary development, and improved achievement. (“Not

Just for Listening,” Book Links, May 2005)

• Fewer Americans are reading books than a decade ago, according to the

National Endowment for the Arts, but almost a third more are listening to

them on tapes, CD’s and iPods. (“Loud, Proud, Unabridged: It Is Too

Reading!” The New York Times, May 26, 2005)

• “Listening to tapes with books in front of students is very, very good for

building vocabulary,” said Wendy Kasten, an education professor at Kent

State University who encourages elementary educators to experiment

using audiobooks with students. (“To Curl Up With a Good Book, Listen

Up,” The Plain Dealer, May 23, 2005)

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 Library

• The recent Library Journal survey, in which the Audio Publishers

Association participated, showed that circulation for adult audiobooks in

libraries jumped 13.5 percent in two years, while the circulation of

children’s audiobooks rose 10.7 percent. In addition, budgets for adult

audiobooks went up 6.1 percent and budgets for children’s audiobooks

rose 4.8 percent. (Audio Publishers Association, December 2004)

• Libraries say the growth in circulation of audiobooks is outpacing overall

circulation. Book clubs are increasingly made up of hybrid listenerreaders,

and the market for children’s audibooks is booming. (“Loud,

Proud, Unabridged: It is Too Reading!,” The New York Times, May 26,

2005)

* taken from the APA fact shit

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