Many people find themselves under pressure to read more - perhaps from a parent or a partner - but you just don’t enjoy it, what can you do to get them off your back? The answer is clear: download an audio book or two.
One of the key perks of reading a lot is that you improve your vocabulary. Tick! Audio books do just the same, if not more effectively, because as well as hearing the word you also hear how it is pronounced. You will be saying plenty new words before you know it and perhaps even dazzling the person that was hassling you with your newfound grasp of the English language.
Another perk of reading books is that it can reduce your stress levels. Tick! Sitting down in a comfy place and turning on an audio book is bound to chill you out. It’s so relaxing that it may even send you to sleep! What’s a better cure for stress than sleeping it off? It also leaves you a more tranquil person, which in turn will help you to deal with stress in a better way - making you, that’s right, less stressed!
So books make you smarter? Yes, audio books can do that too. It has been widely-documented by analytical researchers that those who read often are smarter than those who don’t. But what are you doing when you read? You are focusing on some words, taking them in and keeping your brain stimulated. What part of listening to an audio book doesn’t do that?
So next time someone gets on at you for not reading a lot or for having never read the classics, get pro-active and actually do it - just via listening, rather than reading. Then you can tell them what for and randomly quote classic lines at them. What’s the betting they won’t know them and you can turn the tables for once?! Just think how satisfying that will be and the money you spent on the audio books will seem priceless.
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For all those who don’t like staring at a book for long and grasp things better when they listen to it, audi books are the best pick any given time. Not only it gets registered deeply in your minds, you also get to know the pronunciations of any different word along with adding words to vocabulary.
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Welcome to AudioGO, the UK’s leading audiobook publisher providing download for audio books and to a broad, diverse and inclusive range of spoken word and large print titles. AudioGO was formerly known as BBC Audiobooks, which won Audio Publisher of the Year six times.