Audiobooks have traditionally been used in schools by teachers of second-language learners, learning-disabled or -impaired students, and struggling readers or nonreaders. In many cases, audiobooks have proven successful in providing a way for these students to access literature and enjoy books.
It might be appropriate to list the benefits of audiobooks for all students. Audiobooks can be used to:
- Introduce students to books above their reading level.
- Model good interpretive reading.
- Teach critical listening.
- Highlight the humor in books.
- Introduce new genres that students might not otherwise consider.
- Introduce new vocabulary or difficult proper names or locales.
- Sidestep unfamiliar dialects or accents, Old English, and old-fashioned literary styles.
- Provide a read-aloud model.
- Provide a bridge to important topics of discussion for parents and children who can listen together while commuting to sporting events, music lessons, or on vacations.
- Recapture "the essence and the delights of hearing stories beautifully told by extraordinarily talented storytellers" (Baskin & Harris, 1995, p. 376).
Audiobooks can be a welcome addition to every classroom. Many students are avid readers while others are struggling to become readers and still others have given up hope. Audiobooks have something to offer all of them.
This kind of books usually appears in MP3 or MP4 format. Some interesting webpages where you can find free audio book material which are worth browsing are the following ones:
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