tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274849647524601103.post993752577469233860..comments2024-01-09T03:06:16.501-06:00Comments on The Good Enough Professor: On Race and Reading AloudKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07114727221915528878noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274849647524601103.post-59830721107771789832014-03-29T19:40:21.197-05:002014-03-29T19:40:21.197-05:00Yes—if you found yourself reading the same passage...Yes—if you found yourself reading the same passages semester after semester, either because you select them ahead of time or because they regularly come up naturally in discussion, then you could bookmark those passages and have them at your fingertips with just one click. If your department is willing to pay for an Audible subscription ($15/month), their app allows you to create your own bookmarks. I've always wondered why anyone would want to use that feature...now I know one scenario when it might be useful!Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198081843381316737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274849647524601103.post-80828552808600795512014-03-29T15:24:42.560-05:002014-03-29T15:24:42.560-05:00That's a great suggestion from Anonymous, thou...That's a great suggestion from Anonymous, though it has the limitations that Leslie describes. It would definitely work for those "Okay, here's a passage I know we're going to be talking about today, so let's listen to it together" moments--not so much for responding effectively to the twists and turns of class discussion. I'd be reluctant to interrupt the flow of conversation in order to locate a relevant passage in an audiobook. I'd also worry about creating distance between the students and the text with the implication that their own audiation is insufficient. It's definitely worth finding out, though, which of the course readings are available on audiobook form from the library.KWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07114727221915528878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274849647524601103.post-73212541862529132812014-03-29T13:34:23.805-05:002014-03-29T13:34:23.805-05:00I was going to say the same thing as the person ab...I was going to say the same thing as the person above—most audiobooks have readers using the appropriate dialect. This could be a solution, albeit a more time-consuming (and possibly expensive) one for you, because you'd have to purchase the books and then find the exact passage you want to play and have it ready to go in class, and you'd lose the flexibility to read passages on a whim.<br /><br />Barbara Kingsolver reads her own audiobooks, and I find her use of dialects to really enhance the stories, so I do agree with you that something important is lost from a character when one hears the character's words coming from a dialect that is not his/her own.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198081843381316737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274849647524601103.post-81159363754694477042014-03-23T17:23:58.767-05:002014-03-23T17:23:58.767-05:00Do any of these have audio books with appropriate ...Do any of these have audio books with appropriate people reading them aloud?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com