Applications to education
- Can be used to improve the critical listening skills of the students
- Can capture the attention of students who have difficulty reading
- Recordings of important events can make history lessons more engaging for students
- Since voice qualities like pitch, duration, loudness can be recorded, audio media can be used for learning about
second languages or how to play musical instruments
- Audio media can be used for rhythmic activities such as dance classes
- It can be used as mood music for art appreciation classes
- Audio media can be used for recording interviews for research purposes
- Can be used for improving speech in general (i.e. recording one’s speaking voice and judging its tonal quality,
intelligibility, etc.)
- Can be used for storytelling purposes
- Creative audio delivery, such as through songs, can make lessons more lively for students
- Students can take the audio media at home and listen to it there
- Can capture the attention of students who have difficulty reading
- Recordings of important events can make history lessons more engaging for students
- Since voice qualities like pitch, duration, loudness can be recorded, audio media can be used for learning about
second languages or how to play musical instruments
- Audio media can be used for rhythmic activities such as dance classes
- It can be used as mood music for art appreciation classes
- Audio media can be used for recording interviews for research purposes
- Can be used for improving speech in general (i.e. recording one’s speaking voice and judging its tonal quality,
intelligibility, etc.)
- Can be used for storytelling purposes
- Creative audio delivery, such as through songs, can make lessons more lively for students
- Students can take the audio media at home and listen to it there
advantages
- Economical
- Resistant to damage - Simple to use - Reproducible - Repeatable - Provides verbal message to non-readers - Can help in lesson preparation - Selections are easy to locate - Ideal for teaching languages |
DISADVANTAGES
- Audio media follows a fixed sequence, therefore the
pacing cannot be changed. - Qualities of the recorded voice (variation, pitch, accent, etc.) may be hard to understand or monotonous for some students. - Does not monitor attention - Audio content can be accidentally damaged or erased |