{"id":1196,"date":"2023-09-02T12:59:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T16:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/?page_id=1196"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:07:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:07:39","slug":"lend-ears","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/lend-ears\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLend Ears!\u201d: Creating Audio Recordings of Final Drafts to Develop Rhetorical Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heather Shearer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assignments &amp; Activities Archive<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Shearer-AAA-contribution-author-revised.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Shearer-AAA-contribution-author-revised.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a7960e4e-be90-41a4-91c6-41c46bdc6e14\" href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Shearer-AAA-contribution-author-revised.pdf\">Shearer-AAA-contribution-author-revised<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Shearer-AAA-contribution-author-revised.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a7960e4e-be90-41a4-91c6-41c46bdc6e14\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assignment Description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Many composition instructors ask students to read drafts aloud during writing workshops because doing so helps writers identify logical gaps, stylistic mishaps, or localized errors they overlook when reading drafts silently. To amplify the writerly knowledge gained from reading drafts aloud, we can extend the read-aloud practice through the final (polished) draft. The essence of the assignment is this: ask students to record themselves reading a polished draft and submit the audio recording along with the written version. The result is a basic version of what we commonly see online\u2014a written text accompanied by a \u201cclick to listen\u201d audio recording. This is not meant to be a complex multimodal assignment. Rather, it\u2019s a fairly simple add-on that enhances existing writing assignments. Preparing an audio recording that is submitted alongside a finalized written draft carries with it all the revision-based benefits of reading aloud during workshops, but enriches those benefits by turning writers\u2019 attention more seriously to rhetorical matters of arrangement, style, audience, and delivery. Writers find cause to revise and edit for readers\u2019 eyes and ears, resulting in more readable and engaging prose. The benefits seem to come more easily when students are encouraged to develop a relationship with readers built on ethical considerations (Duffy) and empathy (Shearer), and when the written texts and recordings are made available to readers beyond the instructor (via the course LMS, for example). This assignment unites considerations of rhetoric with those of accessibility. Attention should be paid not only to how things are said (delivery) but to what is voiced. For instance, should footnotes be given airtime? How should visuals should be treated when creating a recording of a written text (Donegan 117-20)? In considering these issues, students are drawn into important conversations about text construction and text delivery for which there are no set standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heather Shearer Assignments &amp; Activities Archive Assignment Description Many composition instructors ask students to read drafts aloud during writing workshops because doing so helps writers identify logical gaps, stylistic mishaps, or localized errors they overlook when reading drafts silently. 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