Books provide a great source of learning and releasing anxiety, used by most people throughout their lives; some read books for pleasure, some for the sake of in depth analysis of things and there are people who read books merely for the love of books.

However, there is another set of people — students —who find reading course books a tedious activity and skip the reading part and reach for the conclusion or skimp through the pages to just note the main points.

Reading involves your sight and today we will talk about another gizmo of fun learning, ‘audiobooks’, especially for those who are just not into reading.

The trend of audiobooks in our part of the world is yet to become popular, but, believe me, if we use audiobooks as a source of learning, it will provide us enormous pleasure and tremendous benefits.

You may ask how? Well, some of you would agree with me that reading sometimes seems to be a boring and a monotonous activity, but, at the same time, if you listen to audiobooks, it will reduce the amount of time you spend reading a whole book. And secondly, listening to course books or course topics from history, geography, etc., would become easier and won’t let you feel burdened. And those who are able to learn better through listening will be able to retain more from the audiobook than from reading that book.

Children who find reading books boring should give audiobooks a try and they will definitely feel the change in their outlook towards reading and understanding any topic.

The trend of audiobooks can also be implemented by teachers in the classroom scenarios to make effective process of learning. One interesting fact is that 11.5 percent hearing and 83 percent sight make a perfect learning combination, so listening to audiobooks, besides visual aids, would be beneficial in learning.

Apart from that, you can learn languages as bilingual audiobooks are also available. One of the good things about listening to the audiobooks is that it helps improve your pronunciation, which is impossible through reading only.

Audiobooks are not only confined to learning, but the voice of the narrator will keep your mind and body relaxed, and help you to release your frustration as it is reported that most people who listen to audiobooks get the euphoric sensations or feel relaxed, especially if they listen to it before bed time.

So kids, don’t abandon book reading but use audiobooks as an effective means of learning and relaxation when your eyes are exhausted by reading.

Published in Dawn, Young World, November 28th, 2020