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Originally Posted by pwalker8
It kind of depends on what you are trying to accomplish. For most of us adults, it doesn't matter. On the other hand, if the point is to develop your reading skills rather than your listening skills, then it does matter.
Let's face it, listening isn't reading. When they were little, my niece and nephew would sit in my father's lap while he read them stories. They looked at the pictures while he read, but you certainly couldn't say that they were reading the story. It doesn't really matter from the stand point of consuming the story. They had the story memorized and when I tried reading to same story to them, I was told I was doing it all wrong. (for one thing my father tended to edit the stories when he read them)
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This is exactly how I learned to read. My mother would read my favorite stories--Little Golden Books, I think--I gradually memorized them, and at some point my brain made the connection with the words on the page and I was reading.
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I would also say that people are very different in how they process information. Some people are auditory learners (learn by hearing), others are visual learners (learn by seeing) and others are kinetic learners (learn by doing).
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Sure, but most of the time aren't adults consuming books for entertainment, not learning?
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It's a bit like traveling a mile. The person who walks, bikes or drives all travel the same mile, they all went from point A to point B, however, you can't really say that walking is the same as biking is the same as driving.
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No, but is the purpose the process or the destination? Your analogy involves quite different levels of exertion; I would say reading or listening is more like taking a bus or taking a train. They're different experiences, but not all THAT different. But of course this is after one learns to read; I'm not talking about best ways to teach that basic skill in the first place.
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I have most of the audiobooks that I listen to in ebook or paper book format. I get something different from listening to them than I get from actually reading the book. They are different experiences.
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I have a lot of duplication also; most of it is because I've gotten audiobooks of many old favorites and enjoyed revisiting them.