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It is challenging for people to find the opportunity to read. Nowadays, many people prefer to
listen to audiobooks rather than reading as they can do housework or drive. However, is
listening to audiobooks better than reading?

Beth Rogoswky, an Associate Professor confesses that she is a fan of audiobook but sees
them as “cheating”. She conducted her study among three groups of students who had to
study a World War 2 novel. The first group had to listen to the audiobook, while the second
group had to read the eBook of the novel. The third group listened to the audiobook and read
the eBook of the novel. After a week, she gave her students a quiz to measure how well they
absorbed the material. According to her, there were no significant differences in
comprehension between the three groups (Rogowsky,2016).

That’s a win for audiobooks right but remember Rogowsky’s study used eBooks instead or
printed books. A study by Lauterman and Ackerman (2014) indicated that reading from
eBooks and listening to audiobooks reduces learning comprehension as compare to reading
from a printed book. So, if Rogoswky’s study used traditional read books that maybe her
study might be slightly different.

Why is reading from a printed book is better than reading from screens. It may be due to a
person’s inability to gauge where you are in an eBook. When reading a printed book, a
person can sequence the events base on its importance, and this helps with building up
narratives. However, reading from an eBook or listening to an audiobook does not provide
the same “narrative- orienting effect” from reading aa printed book (Willingham, 2015)

Printed text is anchored to specific location on a page and this helps people remember it
better. Digital books and audiobooks deny reader “spatial clues” normally used from printed
text (Walsh,2016). She further adds that “self-directed rhythms” associated to reading may
differ when listening to audiobooks.

Regressive eye movements happen when 10-15% of our eyes move back and forth to check
and re-check what has be read. This process happens very quickly and is part of the reading
process that bolster one’s comprehension (Willingham, 2015). However, listening to an
audiobook prevents regressive and a person has to pause the audiobook and rewind to a few
parts which slows the comprehension process (Willingham, 2015).

While we read or listen to a text, our mind often wanders for a moment or two in order to
readjust our mind for the text in mind. Reading a printed book allows a person to go back and
find certain parts when the reader’s mind wanders (Daniel, 2017). By doing this, the person
can back track and re-examine a complicated text, but this task is slightly difficult to do while
listening to an audiobook (Daniel, 2017). Turning a page in a book also creates an
opportunity for the reader to store and process what has been read, which is not possible
while listening to an audiobook (Daniel, 2015).

A study by Daniel and Woody (2010) revealed that a majority of students in their study
wanted to listen to the audiobook of a lesson as oppose to reading from a text. However,
before the researchers gave them a quiz on the lesson, many of the student from the
audiobook group wanted to change to the reading group. Their study acknowledged that
students who listened to the audiobook scored 28% lower than students who read the lesson
and students from the audiobook group revealed that they did not learn much as the reading
group (Daniel and Woody, 2010).

In another study, Daniel states a person listening to audiobooks can be as comprehensive as a

book reader, if the person practices listening critically. “We become better at something if we
train our self to listen critically” (Daniel, 2017). The same applies when we practice “screen-
learning “and eventually become better (Lauterman and Ackerman, 2014). Daniel declared
that there are a few “structural hurdles” that obstruct learning from audiobooks. A person
listening to an audiobook can’t highlight or underline something that is heard as many
important details on books are either bolded or written as side notes (Daniel, 2017).

It is true that humans have been sharing information orally for a long time, but printed words
are more recent. When a person reads, he or she is using certain parts of the brain and
MacGyvering them to be applied in cognitive reading (Lauterman and Ackerman, 2014).
However, listeners can derive more information from the speaker’s intonation and inflection
such as sarcasm which is more understandable via audio (Walsh, 2016). A person can
understand Shakespearean words better coming from the actor’s delivery (Walsh, 2016)

When a person is trying to learn something while multi-tasking, that person will not be able
to learn anything. Even though someone is performing an activity in “autopilot” such as
driving and running, these activities take up more attention than learning (Rogowsky, 2016).
“I listen to audiobooks all the time when I am driving, but I would not try to listen to
anything important than my work” Rogowsky adds.

Adapted from Are Audiobooks as Good for You as Reading? Here’s What Experts Say

By Markham Heid, September 6, 2018

https://time.com/5388681/audiobooks-reading-books/
Based on the given article, write an annotated bibliography of about 300 words on why we
should read books and not listen to audiobooks. You are advised to paraphrase and
summarize the information critically.

Your annotation should include the following:

• a reference

• a minimum of four (4) in-text citations

• an introduction

• five (5) major points with relevant supporting details

• a critical response to the author’s argument

• appropriate use of language

Answers

Heid, M. (September 6, 2018). Are Audiobooks as Good for You as Reading? Here’s What
Experts Say. Retrieved from https://time.com/5388681/audiobooks-reading-books/.

Introduction

. Overview of the Article/ Objective of the Article

To inform the readers about why we should read books and not listen to audiobooks.

.Type of Article

Online Newspaper
Students are expected to paraphrase the following ideas:

 A study by Lauterman and Ackerman (2014) indicated that reading from eBooks and

listening to audiobooks reduces learning comprehension as compare to reading from a

printed book.

Lauterman and Ackerman (2014) stated that a person who read from a actual printed book

will gain the learning comprehension more than who are reading from eBooks and

listening to audiobooks.

 However, reading from an eBook or listening to an audiobook does not provide the

same “narrative- orienting effect” from reading aa printed book (Willingham, 2015)

Reading from printed book will serve the same “narrative-orienting effect” but not for

eBook and audiobook (Willingham, 2015)

 Digital books and audiobooks deny reader “spatial clues” normally used from printed

text (Walsh,2016).

“Spatial clues” can be found on printed notes only but not in the other method of

reading(Walsh,2016).

 However, listening to an audiobook prevents regressive and a person has to pause the

audiobook and rewind to a few parts which slows the comprehension process

(Willingham, 2015).

Listening to an audiobook allow a person to rewind certain parts that they are not clear

yet by pause the audiobook (Willingham,2015).

 By doing this, the person can back track and re-examine a complicated text, but this

task is slightly difficult to do while listening to an audiobook (Daniel, 2017).

It is hard to a person that used an audiobook to back track and re-examine the text while

listening to the audio (Daniel,2017).

 Turning a page in a book also creates an opportunity for the reader to store and
 process what has been read, which is not possible while listening to an audiobook

(Daniel, 2015).

Learning through audiobook reduce the chance to store and process the information than

read from books (Daniel,2015).

 A person listening to an audiobook can’t highlight or underline something that is

heard as many important details on books are either bolded or written as side notes

(Daniel, 2017).

By reading from printed books, a person can highlight and underline the important details

but it can’t be able to do it with audiobook (Daniel,2017).

 When a person reads, he or she is using certain parts of the brain and MacGyvering

them to be applied in cognitive reading (Lauterman and Ackerman, 2014).

According to (Lauterman and Ackerman, 2014) certain parts of brain and MacGyvering

are working together when a person is reading.

 Even though someone is performing an activity in “autopilot” such as driving and

running, these activities take up more attention than learning (Rogowsky, 2016).

According to (Rogowsky, 2016) a person tend to pay less attention on the learning when

they are performing an activities.

Accept any the nine (9) points

Critical Response

 Target readership/intended audience: the general public

 Logical organisation of the article
 Reasoning
 Author’s tone: neutral/matter-of-fact
 Author’s use of language
 Usefulness of the article
  Author’s use of other resources
 Strengths/weakness of the article
 Suggestion to improve the article

Accept any five (5) appropriate responses

Heid, M. (September 6, 2018). Are Audiobooks as Good for You as Reading? Here’s What
Experts Say. Retrieved from https://time.com/5388681/audiobooks-reading-books/.

The purpose of this article is to inform the readers about why we should read books and not
listen to audiobooks. The type of article is an online article.