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Installing A Temperature Gauge On A Weber Grill on this page. Is it hard to find time? Or if you do read sometimes, do you ever wish you could hear someone saying the sentences aloud while you read?

It would so much—and! Well guess what? You can have a native English speaker read books to you whenever and wherever you want! Through audiobooks, that’s how.

Audiobooks are recorded readings of your favorite books. Life is fast, and many people don’t always have time to sit down and read books. Audiobooks make it possible to listen to someone reading a book while you do something else, like wash dishes or drive to work. They are also a great way to learn English.

Using audiobooks as part of will get you the practice you need to. How to Learn English with Audiobooks: The Ultimate Guide The Benefits of Using Audiobooks to Learn English Why would you want to practice using audiobooks? There are many reasons: • You can repeat any part of the book as many times as you want. You might be afraid or embarrassed to ask people to repeat themselves, but you can repeat an audiobook over and over (and it will never get annoyed). • You can “read” the book as slow or fast as you want. Listen to only one paragraph a day, or read an entire book in a few hours. When you’re talking with a real person, you can’t really tell them to share only half of their story today and the rest tomorrow—but you can stop an audiobook wherever you want to.

• You can choose any accent, gender or speed that you want to listen to. Do you have trouble understanding people with British accents? You can listen to an audiobook read by a British person to practice. Want to understand New Yorkers better before moving there? You can find that, too. Audiobooks have so many different kinds of voices to choose from. • You can listen to audiobooks any time. You can listen on your way to work or school, during breaks or even right before bed.

It’s like having somebody read you a bedtime story! Now that you’re interested in audiobooks, where do you start? Choosing the Best Audiobooks for You There are many audiobooks to choose from, on every topic you can imagine. You can find classic literature in audiobook form, English learning books or modern literature. You can listen to someone talk about dinosaurs, or 16th century Italy—whatever you’re interested in, there’s an audiobook for that.

When you’re choosing an audiobook, look for something you would enjoy reading. If you already own the book or e-book version of the audio, that’s even better because you can read along if just listening is too difficult. To find your reading level, try listening to adult fiction. If it’s too hard to understand, read young adult fiction instead. Still can’t follow along? Try a children’s book. Children’s audiobooks are wonderful learning tools because they are meant to be understood by listeners who might not know all the words.

Where to Find Audiobooks You can find audiobooks all over the internet, some even for free. Here are just a few places to start with:: This is one of the largest audiobook websites. It’s owned by Amazon, and has over 150,000 books for you to listen to. It’s not free, but it does have a free 30-day free trial, and if you discover that you love audiobooks, it might be worth getting a subscription.: If you’d rather not pay for audiobooks yet, you can look around Project Gutenberg.

This website is known for its collection of free e-books, but it also has a nice selection of audiobooks.: This is website of free audiobooks exists thanks to volunteers from around the world who read books aloud for the site, thus recording audiobooks. It has some great books to choose from. Local Libraries: Many libraries in the USA now have “digital libraries,” where you can check out e-books and audiobooks for free, just like regular books at a library! Ask your local library, or check online to see if you have access to a digital library. Tips for Actively Listening to English Audiobooks If you just listen to audiobooks, you will learn something.

But to really learn the most that you can, try using these tips: Take notes One mistake you can make when taking notes is writing too much. So instead, write down only things that will help you later when you look at your notes.

Write words and expressions that you don’t know. If you are trying to understand the story, write important events or names of characters. If you’re stopping your audiobook every couple of words to write, you are writing too much. Listen, learn and only write the most important things. Read along If you own a copy of the book you are listening to, read along with the audio. Reading along makes you concentrate completely on the words. To practice pronunciation, stop the recording once in a while and read what you just heard out loud.