Audio books....are they "read?"

DH is dyslexic, but he listens to audio books all the time. In conversation, he never knows if it is appropriate to say he "read" the book.

ex:

"I once read a book by him"

or

"I once listened to a book by him"



opinions?

Re: Audio books....are they "read?"

I wonder the same thing!

Re: Audio books....are they "read?"

I think it's appropriate to say "read." Reading is more than just decoding words, it has to do with interpreting and comprehending too

Re: Audio books....are they "read?"

I just asked my book nerd DH, who listens to them (mostly b/c it's illegal to read & drive), and he says,

"I listened to the audio version of a book by him" which is wordy, but accurate.


He also says, "some people are picky about how you refer to it, but who cares what people say--people suck. "



And "if he likes Sci Fi, tell him to check about Escape Pod." (It's a website)

(Ok, this concludes the public service announcement from my book loving DH.)

Re: Audio books....are they "read?"

interesting, thanks!

Re: Audio books....are they "read?"

Reading has many components - decoding and comprehension being the main ones. I have students in my class who cannot decode but can comprehend and I have students who can decode and cannot comprehend which to me is much more difficult to teach. Pulling information off of paper is useless unless you can attach meaning to it.

When I hear parents saying that their kids are "reading" at an early age, unless they understand what they are decoding, I am rarely impressed.

So to answer your question, I would say that "reading" is fine for audiobooks.

Message edited 12/6/2007 11:24:09 PM.

Re: Audio books....are they "read?"

thanks Leslie.

I shared this info with him over breakfast, he says now he can officially join a book club now

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Re: Audio books....are they "read?"

I'm an avid reader. I'd consider it appropriate to say "I read such-and-such book" when you listened to the audio tape. I don't think it matters how you got the information - you got through all the words of the book one way or another.

I'm pretty well-read and I've never met someone who would be snobby (or care) about that...

Re: Audio books....are they "read?"

Posted by Kara


I'm pretty well-read and I've never met someone who would be snobby (or care) about that...