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Reading books and listening to audiobooks are very different processes.
When you read a book, you yourself give birth to the world of the book based on what you read. Images of people, interpretation of events, everything belongs to you. Hence the completely different perceptions of the same books by different people.
I recently came across old original illustrations for “One Hundred Years Ahead” on the Internet (you Google them - they are black and white, you can recognize them by this feature). This is the story that became the film "Guest from the Future." I completely forgot them, but when I saw them, I immediately felt how much they influenced the perception, the memory of the work as a whole.
And I always associate Tolkien with the illustrations from my first book stylized as medieval engravings. Neither subsequent books nor films change this.
Anna Karenina, do you imagine her as a brunette or a blonde? Isn't it important?) She should be a brunette, but I changed her to a blonde. I gave her the voice I wanted. This won't work with an audiobook.
An audiobook, if it’s not a sexton’s reading, but a real audio performance, it can be brilliant. I remember a lot interesting books, which I first heard on the radio in the eighties.
But this is always the view of the director and actor, this is different. Not worse and not better, different.
Easier with the example of poems and songs. Have you ever heard how brilliantly actors can recite poetry? How many new things can be revealed in a poem?
For example, there was a program dedicated to Christmas.
I don’t quite understand how you can figure out Anna’s hair color from an audiobook?
If you use an audio channel to receive information, is your imagination turned off?
The only problem, in my opinion, is the speed of obtaining information when reading independently. You have the opportunity to adjust the speed, and in the case of an audiobook, the speed is deliberately set by the reader.
On the other hand, the duration of the audio recording allows you to predict and more conveniently distribute your time. For example, the journey home and to work is 2 hours, and the book contains 32 hours, which is 16 working days or 3 weeks.
You can do the same with a book, but this will require a certain accumulation of reading statistics.
In general, there is another problem in an audiobook - sympathy for the reader's voice, but today audiobook readers are excellent (they have excellent pronunciation, clear speech and good pronunciation).
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It is no secret that modern students prefer to receive information in a simpler and more accessible form than lectures and seminars. New information educational technologies are a process of acquiring knowledge, built not on communication with a teacher, but on the use of the latest methods and techniques based on the use of computer audio and video programs. One of these techniques is the use of audiobooks, which allows you to improve the learning process, especially learning foreign languages.
Audiobooks present special kind literature, in which the text of the work is read by native speakers, for example, British or American radio or television announcers, or role-playing actors, using music and sound special effects. As a rule, such audiobooks are recorded using professional equipment in a studio. This is the most best option for learning a foreign language using similar technologies. There is an option when the text for the book is read by non-native speakers, for example, linguists or foreign language teachers. This option is almost in no way inferior to the previous one, except that when listening to such audiobooks, speech perception skills do not develop as actively. The least suitable version of an audiobook for learning is one created using computer programs. Such programs convert text into audio format, but they are not able to reproduce intonation and pronounce words smoothly. Therefore, such audiobooks are not very suitable for improving language skills.
The benefits of using audiobooks when learning foreign languages are obvious. Firstly, you can listen to them anywhere - at home, in the car, during a break between classes. Secondly, this great way practice listening skills. This type of activity usually intimidates students as they are not sure of their level of proficiency. foreign language will allow them to understand the text in full. However, audiobooks are created in such a way that the student himself can choose the level of complexity from which it would be easier for him to start learning. By listening to the reproduced information, the listener thereby trains his linguistic ear. Thirdly, with the help of audiobooks in a foreign language, vocabulary is replenished. Any book or story is, first of all, an interest in the events that the book tells about. And when a person is interested, he will use a dictionary to look up the meanings of unfamiliar words so as not to miss the thread of the story, thereby expanding his vocabulary.
Often audiobooks are accompanied by a printed version of the spoken text, which allows you to simultaneously follow the text on the screen and listen to the narrator read the text. This helps to increase the perceived amount of knowledge and serves as an auxiliary technique for training speech memory. It's also a great way to practice your grammar skills. With this type of training, you see and hear real examples of the use of various grammatical structures.
Thus, audiobooks provide the possibility of expansion vocabulary listener, facilitate understanding of both oral and written speech. They can serve as a tool for achieving progress in the areas of pronunciation and diction. Audiobooks are a strong, flexible system, the structure of which promotes rapid understanding and assimilation of information. Today, more and more teachers are realizing the value of introducing audiobooks into the teaching process.
To the media library Scientific library TOGU first audiobooks arrived in 2006. Their fund is still small and consists of works of domestic and foreign classical literature, poetry, foreign fiction, modern bestsellers in the original language.
When studying a foreign language, and primarily English, it is necessary to note several audiobooks that represent the immortal classics of English and American literature. One of them is “Classic English Stories” [ Electronic resource] / read by B. Sargent and C. McDonald. - Moscow: Studio ARDIS, 2006). This collection presents the works of five classics of English and Irish literature: George Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Rudyard Kipling, Charles Dickens.
J.B. Shaw (1856 - 1950) - Anglo-Irish playwright, philosopher and prose writer, outstanding critic, laureate Nobel Prize on literature 1925 Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) - English writer and a critic in the spirit of modernism. As an experimental writer, she limited her task to depicting sensations and feelings, interpreting their world as genuine reality. James Joyce (1882 - 1941) - Anglo-Irish writer, psychoanalyst, one of the iconic figures of world literature of the 20th century. Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) - English writer, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. His works, with all their genre diversity, are distinguished by their refined style, simplicity, strength of artistic imagery and, most importantly, the author’s desire to serve as a word “ to the common man", help him overcome suffering and loneliness, teach him courage and perseverance. Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) - English-language novelist, famous creator of bright comic characters and social critic. Painting a dramatic picture English life, he introduced softening fairy-tale-sentimental shades into it.
All works have been read correctly literary language and are examples of classic English story. The text is read by Benjamin Sargent and Cora MacDonald. Playing time 3 hours 12 minutes.
In the next collection "Favorites" (Byron George Gordon. Selected Poems [Electronic resource] / Byron George Gordon; read by M. Wighton. - Moscow: Studio ARDIS, 2007) presents a selection of poems, poems, sonnets by the great English poet George Noel Gordon Byron in English. Byron was a legend in his time and remains so today. His poems reflected the poet’s entire life, rich in thoughts and feelings:
Poetry knows no middle
Here is the one at the bottom who has not reached the top,
Everyone despises the little gray poet,
From God, from people and from newspapers...
(Translated by N. Volpin)
Pushkin called Byron a genius. The great Russian poet compared Byron's personality and character to the elements of the sea. The audiobook will be of interest to anyone who knows the basics of English and is improving their skills in it. The text is read by Yuri Zaborovsky and Vyacheslav Gerasimov. Playing time 10 hours.
Another collection: “Love of Life” (London Jack. Love Life [Electronic resource] / London Jack; read by C. McDonald. - Moscow: ARDIS Studio, 2005), is an audio version of the stories of Jack London, an American writer, a classic of world literature of the twentieth century. In less than 20 years literary activity Jack London created over 200 stories, 20 novels and 3 plays. The themes of his works are no less diverse than his life. By the time London began writing, he had tried a dozen occupations: he was a tramp, he was a student, he sailed as a sailor, he was a member of socialist party, participated in the march of the unemployed, looked for gold in the Klondike. All these impressions are reflected in his work. The collection presents best stories from the northern cycle: “Love of Life”, “The Story of Keesh”, “The White Silence”, “Grit of Women”, “The Marriage of Lit-lit”, “The White Man's Way”, “The Story of Jees” Uck." Read by Cora MacDonald. Playing time 4 hours 58 minutes.
Another original English course based on books by popular foreign authors is “English Reading Club”. This is real electronic library, designed for different levels foreign language skills - Beginner, Elementary and Intermediate. The set includes 12 books in English, including works by Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker and others. Each work is designed so that a person who wants to practice English can do it. You can, firstly, read the text, secondly, listen (all texts are voiced by native English speakers), and thirdly, correct the pronunciation using the built-in well-known Re-Wise technique. After each chapter you can find special exercises, aimed at developing basic speech skills - testing reading comprehension, consolidating grammatical structures, activating new words, plot prediction, etc. In essence, this program is not just a library, but an entire training course with which you can easily and unobtrusively significantly improve your English.
Our library collection contains two levels - Beginner and Intermediate (English Reading Club [Electronic resource]: Beginner. - Wilmington: Macmillan Heinemann, [B.g.], English Reading Club [Electronic resource]: Intermediate. - Wilmington: Macmillan Heinemann , [B.g.]).
Foreign science fiction is represented by the stories of the founders of classical American science fiction: Frederik Pohl - “The Middle of Nowhere”, Isaac Asintov - “Take a Match”, Murray Leinster - “ Keyhole" The collection is called "The Golden Age of American Science Fiction" (The Golden Age of American Science Fiction [Electronic resource] / read by M. Wightion. - Moscow: ARDIS Studio, 2007). Read by Michael Wighton. Playing time 2 hours 23 minutes.
From modern literature A collection of short humorous stories deserves attention, funny stories and dialogues, jokes and anecdotes, aphorisms, proverbs and sayings “Funny Stories and Humor” ( Funny stories and jokes [Electronic resource]: collection of humorists. stories: trans. from English / cheat V. Samoilov. - Moscow: Studio ARDIS, 2007). The text is read in English and Russian and will be of interest to all connoisseurs of subtle humor who study English language. Playing time 2 hours 25 minutes.
I would also like to note a new product from our foundation - books from the “Domonoes” series. This series is an adapted leveled picture book from Oxford University Press. Each book usually comes with an audio version in the form of an interactive disc, and exercises are integrated into the texts. A wonderful language adapted to different levels, interesting content, various exercises - all this helps to activate and better remember language material. These books can be used for both classroom and self-study. The subject matter of the books will satisfy anyone's interest.
For foreign students who want to improve their knowledge of the Russian language, you can also offer several audiobooks on Russian classics.
For example, the works of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov “Hero of Our Time” and “Masquerade” (Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich. Hero of our time; Masquerade [Electronic resource]: 10 hours of playing / Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich; read by: Yu. Zaborsky; V. Gerasimov. - Electron . text data. and prog. (698 MB). - [M.]: ARDIS-CONSULTING, 2003). In his less than 27 years, Mikhail Lermontov created a number of works that have become classics of Russian literature. The novel “A Hero of Our Time” is one of the brightest pages of his work. It consists of five separate stories (“Bela”, “Maksim Maksimych”, “Taman”, “Princess Mary”, “Fatalist”), connected together by the image of the main character - Grigory Pechorin.
The drama in verse “Masquerade” is imbued with lyricism and romance, lightness and sonority of the syllable. This is a story about how destinies are broken and lives are destroyed, a story of love and jealousy, games and depravity, loneliness and the value of life.
The list of audiobooks is available in the electronic catalog of the TSU library. All audiobooks can be obtained for work at the Linguistic and Regional Studies Center (218pa). There, using automated workstations available to users, you can listen to fragments of a particular audiobook, or its entirety. If the reader does not have time to listen to the book in the electronic information room, there is an opportunity to take the book home.
Oksana Stepanova,
Deputy Director of the National Library of Tomsk State University
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Unfortunately, many children do not particularly like to read: for them, reading is not a pleasure, and not a particularly pleasant duty. But it is difficult to find a child who does not like to be read aloud. But parents don’t always have the opportunity to read to their child as much as he wants. And then they come to the rescue audiobooks for children.
In fact, audiobooks for children are not an invention. recent years, as it may seem. Many of us and our parents listened to fairy tales on vinyl records as children. But these fairy tales are not much different from audiobooks - only the media and playback method have changed. MP3 files and players (computers) replaced records and players.
Audiobooks for children are not only convenient (primarily for parents), but also useful. Firstly, an important skill for a child is ability to perceive information by ear and concentrate attention. This skill will be useful to him not only during his studies, but also in later life. Children's audiobooks help develop this skill.
Secondly, audiobooks for children help with speech development. Actors who read children's audiobooks have correct speech and well-delivered diction. By imitating them, the child will learn to speak correctly. In addition, when listening to audiobooks, his vocabulary increases.
. Nowadays, children spend more and more time at the computer or in front of the TV; in addition, the academic load increases, and the child has to pore over textbooks and notebooks. If you also read fiction “for yourself” - with good eyesight I'll have to say goodbye. Audiobooks for children help to familiarize themselves with literature and protect their eyes.In addition, audiobooks for children help pass the time, if you have to stand in line with your child or go somewhere: reading while holding a book in the air or shaking on a train/bus is very difficult and even harmful, but you can listen everywhere and always - the main thing is to get headphones so as not to interfere to others.
But, unfortunately, nothing is ideal in the world, and audiobooks for children can be harmful. Firstly, children's audiobooks can completely discourage a child from reading- having gotten used to listening “without straining”, he will almost completely stop reading. The ability to perceive information by ear will be well developed, and with visual perception problems may start.
Secondly, some parents mistakenly believe that audiobooks for children can compensate lack of attention from parents, distract and occupy the child. Of course, work takes a lot of effort and time, but is it really difficult to carve out half an hour a day and read aloud to your child before bed? If a child has to choose between the voice of the announcer and the voice of the mother, you can be sure that he will choose the mother.
Thirdly, Overuse of headphones can lead to hearing loss. The best option- output sound to speakers, but then others will have to listen to the audiobook with the child. So parents give their child headphones. If you use headphones in moderation, there is no harm from them, but if you use headphones too often at high volume, a visit to the otolaryngologist cannot be avoided.
So should you let your child listen to children's audiobooks or not? Of course it's worth it, but in moderation. A children's audiobook should not replace reading (both by parents out loud and by the child himself), but complement it. Don't use audiobooks as a way to get rid of your child. And if possible, let your child listen to audiobooks not through headphones, but through speakers; If you do use headphones, they should be of high quality.
You can try to kill two birds with one stone and combine listening to an audiobook with reading a regular book. This way the child will perceive information both auditorily and visually. This is especially useful if the child has difficulties with one of the types of information perception - the second type will be “in the wings,” as it were. You can use this technique when studying foreign languages.
What is better - to listen or? I am sure that the answer to this question cannot be unambiguous. Each way of receiving information has its own advantages.
However, today I would like to talk about the benefits of audiobooks and the advantages of using them. There are quite a lot of such advantages.
One of the advantages of an audiobook is that it does not doesn't take up your hands. You are free, you can listen to audio and at the same time do your normal business. Listen to an audiobook and, for example, wash the dishes. One is not a hindrance to the other. Listening to an audiobook and taking a walk in the park is also a possible way to spend your time.
Audiobook does not strain your eyesight. When you listen, only your hearing and your imagination work. You can walk around the city, ride the train and listen to audio. At the same time, your mobility is not constrained in any way.
Another advantage of an audiobook is the performance skill of the readers voicing it. As a rule, these are masters of the spoken genre, actors who read books with their inherent inspiration.
An audiobook gives you the opportunity get acquainted with large books. Very often people do not have time to read several hundred pages of printed text. But listening to it while whiling away the hours of travel in public transport will not be difficult.
Today there is an increase in the popularity of audiobooks. One of the reasons is the ability to download audio works from the Internet, so that later listen to them on your phone or ipod.
Another reason is people's desire use your time more productively and effective when they can simultaneously combine physical labor and listening.
Here are just a few reasons that show the increasing role of audio in our modern, busy lives.
Where can I download audiobooks for free?
Just enter the query “download audiobooks for free” into a search engine and you can get a lot of links to sites with audiobooks.
I can bring to your attention the audiobook website (zvukobook.ru) and the audiodom.net website. Using the audiodom website as an example, let's look at how to download an audiobook for free. By the way, if you subscribe to the “Newsletter by E-mail” on this site, then every day new audiobooks (about 8-12 audiobooks) that appeared there will be sent to your email.
Let’s select a book to download, for example, in the “ Fiction", subsection " Women's novel“Let’s open the book by Vera Kolochkova “Faith, Hope, Love.”
We go down the page with the description of this book and find the link “Download from letitbit” (Fig. 1):
Rice. 1 How to download a free audiobook from Audiodom.net
Rice. 2 Download free audiobook
Here, after clicking on the “Download Slowly” button highlighted in the frame (in Fig. 2), the “Save As” window will open in front of you, in which you can choose where on your computer to save the file with the audiobook - in what folder, with what name.
Many books are downloaded as a .rar archive. To open it, you must have WinRar or the free 7-Zip archiver installed on your computer.
Many audiobooks can be found not only through the Google or Yandex search engine, but also on the Youtube video channel, for example.
Conservative parents say that paper books much better than their audio counterparts. They justify their preference by the fact that when reading with their eyes, the child remembers the spelling of words and makes eye contact with the book.
A paper book involves reading together with a parent, which is important element education, and that reading from sight gives special sensations that listening cannot provide. But audiobooks have many advantages. They are an excellent learning tool because they develop abilities that are not affected by reading with the eyes.
Audiobooks will help those parents for whom reading is not a favorite pastime. In addition, books are traditionally read to young children before bed. Audio texts are read by professional readers, having a voice. For children's books, readers with a soft and calm timbre are selected. Typically, the role of readers is played by actors who speak with expression, using all the capabilities of their voice. Parents, no matter how much they want, do not control their voices so artistically. It also affects fatigue and irritation after a hard day at work and everyday problems. But children perceive an emotional story very well, so a fairy tale told with enthusiasm will be much more interesting to them. Many parents buy musical and talking toys because they understand the importance of hearing sounds. A Audiobooks, in addition, also develop thinking .
In addition, the audio recording contains additional sounds in accordance with the plot, thoughtful musical accompaniment. The child’s imagination will pick up the sounds that excite him and help him draw a colorful picture and images of heroes. Thus, his creative potential will be revealed and the scope for imagination will expand. It is important that the readers pronounce the words correctly and clearly. The child not only learns new words, but also remembers their correct pronunciation .
Audiobooks introduce a child to the world of literature. He memorizes his favorite works by ear, and when he grows up, he wants to read them with his eyes. It is known that children read books about their favorite movie characters with interest. The same can be said about audio fairy tales. Books that are perceived by ear are by no means a replacement for reading, but a good help.
Hearing is no less important a sense for a child than vision. It is extremely important to develop aural perception of the world from the very beginning. early age. An audiobook makes a child pay attention , listen to the story in its entirety, without skipping passages, because it is much harder to return to them than when reading with your eyes. This develops perseverance in the child - a quality that is very useful at school. But not only that. The ability to concentrate, developed by audiobooks, is important for the rest of your life.
As for reading together with a child, the quality of communication does not depend on the books, no matter what format they are in, but on the will of the parents. It is important not to shield your child from the audiobook. But you can discuss what you heard, together come up with a different development for the plot, and discuss the behavior of the characters. Such communication will not only bring parents and the child closer, but will also give him communication skills, the ability to express his thoughts, and this is much more than just listening. The subsequent discussion of books can even be elevated to the rank of tradition, which is very important for family cohesion.
Audiobooks have another important advantage. Being compact and easy to carry, this is a wonderful and interesting activity for the baby when parents are busy with something, if there is a long journey in transport or a tiring wait in public place. The audiobook will keep your child occupied and entertained. His pastime will not be boring, but exciting.
Do not neglect an audiobook just because this method of obtaining information is unusual for you. The audio stories are varied and instructive. The child will learn to perceive the world by ear, develop innovative thinking, enrich thinking and imagination. IN school life the habit of listening to audiobooks will help him in his studies, will save him time on obtaining information and memorizing, which is important for the assimilation of the material.