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INyanga yokuBonelelwa kweAudiobook

Ndisengumntwana, nanini na mna nentsapho yam sasihamba uhambo olude, sasidla ngokufunda iincwadi ngokuvakalayo ukuze sihambise ixesha. Xa ndisithi “thina,” ndithetha ukuthi “mna.” Ndandifunda kangangeeyure de umlomo wam wome nelizwi lam lidiniwe ngoxa umama wayeqhuba yaye umnakwethu omncinane wayephulaphule.
Nanini na ndifuna ikhefu, umntakwethu wayekhalaza ngokuthi, “Isahluko esinye nje esingakumbi!” Isahluko nje esinye sasijika sibe yenye iyure yokufunda de ekugqibeleni wabonakalisa inceba okanye de sifike apho besisiya khona. Nantoni na efike kuqala.

Emva koko, saziswa kwii-audiobooks. Nangona iincwadi zeaudio bezikho ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1930 xa i-American Foundation for the Blind yaqala ukurekhoda iincwadi kwiirekhodi zevinyl, asizange sicinge ngefomathi yeaudiobook. Xa ngamnye wethu ekugqibeleni wafumana i-smartphone, saqala ukuntywila kwii-audiobooks, kwaye zathatha indawo yokufunda kwam kwezo zikhwele iimoto zinde. Ngeli xesha, ndimamele amawaka eeyure zeaudiobooks kunye neepodcasts. Baye baba yinxalenye yobomi bam bemihla ngemihla kwaye balungile kwingqwalasela yam-intsilelo/ingxaki yokungasebenzi kakuhle (ADHD). Ndisakuthanda ukuqokelela iincwadi, kodwa andisoloko ndinalo ixesha okanye kwanomhombiso wokuhlala phantsi ndifunde ixesha elide. Ngee-audiobooks, ndiyakwazi ukwenza izinto ezininzi. Ukuba ndiyacoca, ndihlamba impahla, ndipheka, okanye ndenza nantoni na eyenye, kusenokwenzeka ukuba kukho incwadi yeaudio esebenza ngasemva ukugcina ingqondo yam ixakekile ukuze ndihlale ndigxile. Nokuba ndidlala imidlalo yephazili kwifowuni yam, ukuba ne-audiobook yokuphulaphula yenye yeendlela zam endizithandayo zokuphumla.

Mhlawumbi ucinga ukuba ukumamela ii-audiobooks "kukuqhatha." Ndaziva ngolo hlobo nam ekuqaleni. Ngaba kukho umntu okufundelayo endaweni yokuba uzifundele? Oko akubaleli njengokuba uyifundile le ncwadi, akunjalo? Ngokuka a isifundo kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia, eBerkeley epapashwe yi-Journal ye-Neuroscience, abaphandi bafumanisa ukuba iindawo ezifanayo zengqondo kunye neemvakalelo kwingqondo zenziwa zisebenze kungakhathaliseki ukuba abathathi-nxaxheba baphulaphule okanye bafunde incwadi.

Ngoko ngokwenene, akukho mahluko! Ufunxa ibali elifanayo kwaye ufumana ulwazi olufanayo nangayiphi na indlela. Kwaye, kubantu abanengxaki yokubona okanye ukuphazamiseka kwemithambo-luvo njenge-ADHD kunye ne-dyslexia, iincwadi zeaudio zenza ukuba ukufunda kufikeleleke ngakumbi.

Kukho neemeko apho umbalisi wongeza kumava! Umzekelo, ndimamele eyona ncwadi yamva nje kuthotho lwe “Stormlight Archive” nguBrandon Sanderson. Ababalisi bezi ncwadi, uMichael Kramer kunye noKate Reading, bahle kakhulu. Olu ngcelele lweencwadi lwalusele ndiluthanda kakhulu, kodwa luye lunyuswe yindlela esi sibini esifunda ngayo kunye nomzamo abawenzayo kwilizwi labo. Kukho nengxoxo malunga nokuba ingaba ii-audiobooks zinokuthathwa njengohlobo lobugcisa, oko akumangalisi xa kuqwalaselwa ixesha kunye namandla ahambayo ekudaleni.

Ukuba awukwazi ukuxela, ndiyazithanda iincwadi ezirekhodiweyo, kwaye uJuni yiNyanga yoxabiso lweAudiobook! Yenzelwe ukuzisa ulwazi kwifomathi ye-audiobook kwaye iqonde amandla ayo njengendlela efikelelekayo, eyonwabisayo, kunye nesemthethweni yokufunda. Lo nyaka iya kuba yisikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-25, kwaye yeyiphi indlela engcono yokubhiyozela kunokumamela i-audiobook?