Listening to improve reading
Listening to text has several advantages:
- Helps people who are slower readers to read faster
- Reduces eye strain
- Improves understanding
There are two ways to listen:
- Listen while following on the screen
- Listen without reading as in an audio book or a podcast
Listening to improve writing
Listening to text is also a very useful part of the writing process. When you listen to what you wrote, you will notice many more issues with your text than just by reading it again and again. for example:
- Missing words
- Repeated words
- Unfinished sentences
- Awkward phrasing
- Typos not picked up by the spell check
How to make the most out of listening to text (reading with your ears)
- Learn the controls for pausing and skipping back and forth
- Learn how to switch between different voices
- Learn how to control the speed of playback (many people prefer to listen at higher speed but it is also possible to slow playback down)
- Switch between listening only and listening while reading to improve your comprehension and processing skills