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I spend a lot of time mowing yards and so listen to my ipod for hours a day. Is there anyway that I can get audio study material for future CLeP tests so that my time can be doubly effective?
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jugglingcliff Wrote:I spend a lot of time mowing yards and so listen to my ipod for hours a day. Is there anyway that I can get audio study material for future CLeP tests so that my time can be doubly effective?
I used free iTunes U lectures extensively for my lit and history CLEPs as well as sociology. I really enjoyed them. There are probably lecture series there that cover whatever you're intending to take.
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This may be a little dry for most, but I have been reading the IC cards into an audio recorder and then burning them onto an disc or throwing them on my IPOD so that I can listen to them while I commute, jog etc.
It takes an hour or two to do the initial read, but I have found that it has really helped me with retaining the information and making better use of my down time.
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lidel Wrote:This may be a little dry for most, but I have been reading the IC cards into an audio recorder and then burning them onto an disc or throwing them on my IPOD so that I can listen to them while I commute, jog etc.
It takes an hour or two to do the initial read, but I have found that it has really helped me with retaining the information and making better use of my down time.
SM
Some of the IC cards already have audio notes. But they are made from a text-to-speech converter, which can be painful to listen to. I think it would be better to have a human do it, or volunteers.
FYI Librivox is 100% free audio recording by volunteers of classical or otherwise out-of-copyright texts. Most of the classic lit is on there. I've been listening to A Brief History of English and American Literature, written a little under a hundred years ago I think. Not sure if it is directly relevant to any tests, but it is actually very interesting. LearnOutLoud is another source that may (or may not) have anything relevant to you.
If you are looking for specific test study guides in audio you will probably come up short, other than the IC cards. I'd love to know if there are other options.
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Vangonotes......topics are going to be limited but there may be something out there depending on the test you are taking. (Audible dot com is a good place for audio files)
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kester22 Wrote:Vangonotes......topics are going to be limited but there may be something out there depending on the test you are taking. (Audible dot com is a good place for audio files)
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Wow, it looks like they have over 200 titles. Several seem to line up with tests, with titles like "Marketing: An Introduction", "Financial and Managerial Accounting", "Macroeconomics: Principles, Applications, and Tools", "Essentials of Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach", and "American History: 1865 to Present" (gee, hit me over the head with that one why don't you?). Tons more. These look great to me.
$15 a month though... that +IC +Aleks = $55 a month, not counting books. If they work though then it's worth it.
I'm the type who prefers to actually learn the topic rather than try to learn enough to pass the test. I'm planning to structure my tests in such a way that I actually learn the topics I always wanted to learn in the process. Stuff like this can be a big help.
BTW thanks, never heard of them before!
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I'm also throwing in a vote for iTunesU, I love it and use it extensively. The IC flashcards are less painful to listen to if you have already read through them once, it helps with the words that don't convert to sound in a human way. :-)
I loved Librevox for American Literature, listened to quite a few classics. My husband had a free month of VangoNotes once and we used it to listen to our art history textbook, but it was way too dry, and I have never used it since our free trial expired.
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Lyanne Wrote:I'm also throwing in a vote for iTunesU, I love it and use it extensively.
I love it too, but it's tedious crawling through tons of seemingly-valid courses only to find they are a few oddball lectures scattered about rather than an actual open course.
So since you brought it up... Do you have a list of good/great ones?
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I read the instacert questions into a recorder and transfer them into a playlist.so o you record as you review or preview them
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dcan Wrote:So since you brought it up... Do you have a list of good/great ones?
I am partial to some of the Open University lectures, Start Writing Essays especially. Once you get past the "Queen's English," they are a good listen.
COM 379: Writing for Public Relations was also good, as was Nicole Bailey's ENG 101. The best thing, of course, is the price: $0.00.
Through Audible.com I purchased the audio Barron's EZ-101 Study Keys: American Literature, which is a word for word transcription of the book. This was very helpful in preparing for the American Literature CLEP.
I also have VangoNotes for the Humanities; VERY comprehensive and is a great companion to the textbooks. Now that I am through with my last CC class, the Humanities CLEP is up next!
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