Does listening to audiobooks improve learning?

Whether it's documents in textbooks or fiction studied in literature classes, reading print remains a pillar in learning. But ...
Yahoo

Do you really need to read to learn? What neuroscience says about reading versus listening

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reading and listening are two different brain functions. Do we need to do both? Goads Agency/E+ via Getty Images Let’s start with ...
NPR

Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?

We cover a lot of debates on this program about policy, ethics, the law. Well, here's another one that draws strong opinions. Does listening to an audiobook count as reading? Andrew Limbong, host of ...
The New York Times

Have You Listened to a Good Book Lately?

Readers respond to a librarian who wrote that listening to a book qualifies as reading. To the Editor: Re “Yes, Listening to a Book Counts as Reading,” by Brian Bannon (Opinion guest essay, Nov. 23): ...
The Conversation

Why listening to stories and talking about them is so important for young children

Story time – at home, at nursery and at school – is where young children encounter the magic of books. Reading stories to young children is a pleasurable activity in itself, but it also lays the ...
The Conversation

Do you really need to read to learn? What neuroscience says about reading versus listening

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. “Do we need to read, or can we just get ...