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Audiobooks: Annotated Bibliography
Professor Lupita Strong
English 1301.86
21 October, 2016
Annotated Bibliography Working Thesis Statement:
Audiobooks are of a great contribution to elementary students with reading disabilities because it is a good help and self-confidence to them. Reading along with audiobooks in class provides students to enhance their comprehension and allows them to develop a higher vocabulary.
Esteves, Kelli J and Whitten, Elizabeth, “Reading Horizons: Assisted Reading with Digital Audiobooks for Students with Reading Disabilities,” vol. 51, no. 1, 2011, pp. 21-40.
Esteves and Whitten’s main argument in this article was to compare and see the effectiveness of fluency between assisted reading with digital audiobooks and the traditional practice of
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The point of this video is to inform that audiobooks are of benefit. The topics that are covered throughout the video are how to use audiobooks, and what they are useful for. The main summary of this article is to educate people on how to use audiobooks and tips on what to do when using them.
This source was useful and the way that it compares to the other sources is that it is presented differently, but was able to obtain the information that I needed. The information is reliable and it is objective. The goal of this source is to educate people on how to use audiobooks and the positive effects that they give.
This source was very helpful to me and the way that it shapes my argument and allows me to use this source is by allowing me to obtain a little more information, therefore allowing me to gather more knowledge for my research topic. As stated in the other sources, the information that I gathered has changed the way I think about my
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When it comes to the reliability of sources there is several pros and cons. For example, new information is updated and they give us insight on considering certain perspective. Blogs sometimes may be hard to locate and inaccurate, but I belief that they are helpful because if one possesses knowledge over a certain topic, then one can compare and see if the information being presented is reliable. This source is biased because it is only entitled to one person’s opinion. The goal of this source is to inform about the benefits of

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