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Article #48: A Great New Resource for Students

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Audio books are changing the way people chapters of their textbooks.
are educated. Students now have an These notes cost between $3 for one
exciting new resource available to them chapter review and $20 for reviews of all
in the form of Mp3 books. of the chapters of the book. Pearson
And many educators are beginning to be Education believes this division of its
convinced that it's not a sub par form of company, which is still in the early
education it's just a different form of stages, will see a boom very quickly.
education. Both media and literacy specialists are
The audio book sector of publishing is finding audio books to be an excellent
without a doubt one of the fastest tool for grade schoolers. They are
growing areas in the industry. More than finding that the old phrase, "I hate to
half of teenagers own an Mp3 player and read" is being changed to, "I like to
while currently only 5% of those people listen to audio books."
are listening to audio books and audio Using audio books stretches a listener's
texts on them, that number is most vocabulary by exposing them to words they
definitely increasing. may not be yet able to master through
One community college teacher in Virginia reading.
received an $11,000.00 grant the college The audience of Audiobooks is growing
to be able to utilize Mp3 players with larger every day because they are
her class. She lends her Spanish versatile and appealing to so many
students an Mp3 player with her lessons people. Using them in schools is just
on file. It acts as a language lab where one of the ways they are beneficial.
students can interact and listen to the It's thrilling to see students both young
language in new and exciting ways that and old excited about and turned onto
were not offered before. reading and the wonder of books.
Students are now able to listen and Books on Mp3 or iPod audio books can be
practice Spanish at the grocery store, found in a number of places such as
post office, or anywhere they are! libraries and bookstores but are most
Textbooks on Mp3 are also a growing easily accessed through the internet.
field. The biggest textbook publisher, Tons of websites now have them to rent or
Pearson Education, is now producing for sell. Check them out today for the
VangoNotes, which is a study guide for student in your life.






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