Embedded Files
Are you learning about study skills? Go to:
William Shakespeare ebooks and audiobooks @SHHS
William Shakespeare ebooks and audiobooks @SHHS
The Smith’s Hill High School library has a collection of ebook and audiobook versions of the plays of Shakespeare. In ePlatform, any copies with the headphone icon are audiobook versions that can be listened to on laptops, tablets or mobile phones.
Click here to see all of the William Shakespeare ebooks and audiobooks in our collection.
If you need help accessing ebooks or audiobooks, please ask for help in the library.
Students can go straight to ePlatform and sign in with their school username and password, or go to the SHHS Library website ebooks and audiobooks page to learn about how to use this platform (including which app to download).
ePlatform: https://smithshillhighschool.wheelers.co/
SHHS ‘How to use eBooks and Audiobooks: https://sites.google.com/education.nsw.gov.au/shhslibrary/reading/ebooks-and-audiobooks
Will Listening to Audiobook Versions of Shakespeare Increase or Decrease My Learning?
Will Listening to Audiobook Versions of Shakespeare Increase or Decrease My Learning?
The following dot-points are arguments exploring the use of audiobooks as a teaching and learning tool, it was written by Richard Michael Joseph in 2023 and published by Walden University:
"Listening to certain texts might even increase comprehension, especially for challenging works like Shakespeare, where the intonation and interpretation of the text conveys meaning (Kartal & Simsek, 2017)".
"Listening to an audiobook might be considered cheating if the act of decoding were the sole purpose of reading (Imawan & Ashadi, 22 2019)".
"The patterns of stress and intonation in a spoken language – or prosody – explain why Shakespeare’s work is easier to comprehend through a performance than a reading of the text (Dali & Brochu, 2020)".
"A random sample of 95 participants from three groups who read the same text in different formats - audiobook, e-book, or both simultaneously - found no statistically significant differences on comprehension (Rogowski et al., 2016)".
All of these quotes come from the publication cited below from pages 21-22.
You might consider listening to Shakespeare plays and reading along at the same time; if this is too tiring, just listen the first time and try reading later. If you need to analyse or quote the text, this will be best done by reading a printed copy or online text version.
Reference
Joseph, Richard Michael, "Upper Elementary School Teachers’ Perceptions of Using Audiobooks for Reluctant Readers" (2023). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 11733. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/11733
Pronunciation of Words Used by Shakespeare
Pronunciation of Words Used by Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Words was originally published in 2002 by Penguin Books. This website offers word definitions and recorded pronunciations of words used by Shakespeare that are not in common use; there can be a short delay between pressing the audio play icon and hearing the entry. Click here to go to Shakespeare's Words.
Accessing Locked Databases for Academic Journal Articles on Shakespeare
Accessing Locked Databases for Academic Journal Articles on Shakespeare
For students in Years 11-12, accessing academic databases is a great way to access high-quality articles by academic authors on the topic of Shakespeare. Click the button below to learn how to sign up for a State Library of NSW membership card and access academic databases for free through their website.
Shakespeare in Performance: Prompt Books from the Folger Shakespeare Library
Shakespeare in Performance: Prompt Books from the Folger Shakespeare Library
This reasource is described as:
"The prompt books tell the stories of key performances as they were put in theatres throughout Great Britain, the United States, and elsewhere. Included are a mixture of handwritten manuscripts, printed typesets, personal notes, and sketches. The eResource includes curated case studies around 17 performances (King Lear, Hamlet, Coriolanus, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Covers Seventeenth Century to the Twentieth" (State Library of NSW).
Click the following link to access Shakespeare in Performance: Prompt Books from the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Databases for English Related Topics
Databases for English Related Topics
The State Library of NSW provides you with access to many quality databases that will be excellent sources of information relating to critical theory and literature. Databases that will be more helpful include:
Page updated
Report abuse