Audiobooks Help ELL Students
September 2017
Determining effective methods for enhancing listening skills is critical to language instruction
Our most recent BLOG POST looks at the effects of audiobooks on English language learners. According to a recent study, listening to audiobooks improved reading comprehension skills of first-year EFL students. The authors believe listening is the least understood and most overlooked language skill. Classroom instruction tends to focus on reading, grammar and vocabulary. They assert audiobooks have distinct advantages vs. read-alouds, including:
- Listening to audiobooks is not restricted to time and space. Listening can be done on any number of devices at any hour.
- Professionally narrated audiobooks are enjoyable. They are good stories, well-told by famous actors and even the authors themselves
- Audiobooks provide students with accurate word pronunciations since the narrators are native speakers. This is particularly important in environments where educators or parents cannot provide the same
Please feel free to review and share The Effects of Audiobooks on English Language Learners with any interested colleagues or associates.
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