Thread: Nearly one-in-five Americans now listen to audiobooks (3/8/2018; Pew Research Center)
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Old 04-28-2018, 05:31 AM   #36
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Originally Posted by sealbeater View Post
Personally I think so.
I got toasted a bit for suggesting those who listen to audio books weaken their reading skills.
However, I'm not exactly impressed with the literacy ability of those who do.
Sealbeater, you are unquestionably right. The less people read, the more their literacy declines. I have spent the most important part of my life studying and teaching languages and literacy. Literacy means the ability to read and write. You improve your literacy skills by practicing reading and writing. It's the same with physical fitness: if you don't exercise, your muscles get weaker and weaker. I speak fluent Spanish but have largely learned the language in the street. If I don't read Spanish books, I will never gain the ability to write the language properly. Unfortunately I also speak French and German fluently, which means that I have little time to gain literacy skills in Spanish. Is this a problem for me? Yes it is.
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