The document discusses the history and benefits of audiobooks. It notes that oral storytelling was once the primary means of sharing information and that recorded sound was envisioned as early as the 1870s. Audiobooks provide many literacy benefits such as increased fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary as well as supporting struggling and proficient readers. Various awards recognize quality audiobook productions. The full document describes recording an audiobook and provides resources for listeners.
Report
Share
Report
Share
1 of 24
More Related Content
Ncte 2007
1. Theatre of the Mind: Audiobooks Live on Stage! Bruce Coville James Howe Mary Burkey
3. Voice is like verbal fingerprints that a writer imprints on the page. It is a mix of individuality, confidence, engagement with the topic, and reader rapport, and something that keeps the reader reading.
5. Once upon a time, oral storytelling ruled. It was the medium through which people learned their history, settled their arguments, and came to make sense of the phenomena of their world.
7. a means by which something is expressed, communicated, or achieved a form of storage for computer software, such as magnetic tape or disks Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English Third Edition
24. Thanks to Full Cast Audio for sponsoring the appearance of James Howe & Bruce Coville. Suggested audiobooks, resource list & outline available online http://audiobooker.blogspot.com/