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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813880903321

Autore

Grover Sharon

Titolo

Listening to learn : audiobooks supporting literacy / / Sharon Grover, Lizette D. Hannegan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : American Library Association, 2012

ISBN

9786613345776

0-8389-9394-X

1-283-34577-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HanneganLizette D

Disciplina

372.4

371.333

Soggetti

Reading - United States

Literacy - Study and teaching - United States

Educational technology

Audiobooks

Libraries - Special collections - Audiobooks

School librarian participation in curriculum planning

Children - Books and reading

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

How it all begins -- Why listen? -- Audiobooks and learning standards : overview -- Audiobooks and the primary grades, K-2 -- Audiobooks and the intermediate grades, 3-5 -- Audiobooks and middle school, grades 6-8 -- Audiobooks and high school, grades 9-12 -- Connecting it all : audiobooks, literacy, and instructional themes -- Technology innovation supports audiobook use -- Finding the best.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on decades of audiobook experience and research, librarians Grover and Hannegan convincingly make the case that audiobooks not only present excellent opportunities to engage the attention of young people but also advance literacy. Listening to Learn connects audiobooks with K-12 curricula and demonstrates how the format can support national learning standards and literacy skills by    * Presenting a concise history of the audiobook, with commentary from experts in



the field    * Showing librarians how to harness their library's audiobook collection and practice effective collection dev