reading vs listening

[tsophra]

to books. what oonu tink..same difference? does reading the actual words provide something that listening does not? Or vice versa?

[seemiyah]

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I used to listen to books in the car and while I was mowing the lawn. There wasn't much difference to me except that you remember it in that readers voice and inflections. Only one author I found that I listen to her first book loved it, listened to some others, loved them then read one after that.....big mistake, I read it like the audio version and it was not the same at all, so I only listen to her books on tape cause the audio person reads it great! It was Janet Evanovitch Stephanie Plum books.

[tsophra]

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but.............does one develop the same reading/english skills from listening..? I love listening to books..but now I'm starting to miss seeing the actual words on a page...

[seemiyah]

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I think if you already know how to read and spell then listening to books on tape will not diminish your abilities, especially since most people read something everyday anyway. You are seeing the written word in the newspaper, at your job, on the internet etc.

The act of picking up the book and reading is something you can definitely miss though. Listening to audio books only work for me if I am doing something else, I can't just sit down and listen to a book it feels like wasting time or something.

[Dr.Dudd]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jaded</div><div class="ubbcode-body">to books. what oonu tink..same difference? does reading the actual words provide something that listening does not? Or vice versa?
</div></div> Th emore sences involved on th eexperience is the more real and the more likely thye ease of recall. So inh reading at least 2 sences are involved so it is a greater level of emersion. I find if I try to listen to taped stuff, i tend to wanter,missing some parts. On th eother hand, if I read,someti,mes It is no difference than if I was actually physically observing the story I'm reading. Then again I am a photographic memorizer, so it may be just me.

[Pepper]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jaded</div><div class="ubbcode-body">but.............does one develop the same reading/english skills from listening..? I love listening to books..but now I'm starting to miss seeing the actual words on a page... </div></div>

I do both. Books on tape/cd are great for long drives. I even had my son listening to books with a headphone when we took long trips.

Different skills...reading and listening. But I guess with the use of technology we are going back to the days of the griot. Bottom line though, IMO....people are being taken away by great and not so great stories.

I know some people that never liked reading books, but will gladly listen to a book on tape.

[Gen]

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with listening I think I would be distracted etc. that would be the easy way out for me.


with the actual reading I am forced to register the words etc.

wouldn't rule out listenig but not my first choice either.

[tsophra]

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nope..its not the same at all..i've been listening to audiobooks for awhile now...bu this is the first time I listened to something that I became really engrossed in...the entire time I was wishing i could actually see the words on a page..racing to get the line..besides staying up late lissening to a book is not the same as staying up late reading...lol