Reading Survey for Adults-1

Please complete all the answers on this survey. This survey will help in planning for libraries. You do not need to write your name on this survey and you can if you want to. Thanks for taking the time to complete this survey!! :-)
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  1. Do you like to read?*
    Yes
    No


  1. In what languages do you like to read?*


  1. What do you like to read? (For example, books, magazines, newspapers, fiction, non-fiction)*


  1. What do you like to listen to? (For example, iPod, MP3, radio, CD, music, news, plays, books, talk-radio)*


  1. Would you rather listen to something or read something?*
    Listen
    Read
    Both


  1. Does anyone read to you?*
    Yes
    No


  1. Do you like have someone read to you?*
    Yes
    No


  1. Do you understand what is read to you better than when you read it on your own?*
    Yes
    No


  1. Do you ever read silently along with the book when someone reads to you?*
    Yes
    No


  1. Have textbooks been read to you?*
    Yes
    No


  1. Does it help you understand the material better when someone reads the textbook to you?*
    Yes
    No


  1. Have you ever listened to a recorded (audio) book?*
    Yes
    No


  1. Where did you get the book? (Public library, school library, classroom, teacher, family, friend)*


  1. Did you read the companion book (the book on paper) while you listened to the audio book?*
    Yes
    No


  1. Where did you listen to the audio book? (At school, at home, in the car, in the library, other place)*


  1. How much did you like listening to the audio book?*


  1. How well did you understand the story or content of the book?*


  1. If you read while listening, did you feel that added value to your experience of the book?*
    Yes
    No


  1. How often do you plan to listen to audio books in the future?*


  1. Would you recommend audio books for your friends?*
    Yes
    No


  1. Do you have some favorite books you would like to listen to? (Please list some if you have them.)*


  1. What do you use to listen to audio books on? (CD-Player, Cassette Player, DVD-Player, iPod, library iPod [Play Away], MP3 player, other)*


  1. How do you listed to audio (recorded-talking) books in digital format?*
    I listen to books on CD-Roms.
    I download books to my computer.
    I download books to my MP3 player.
    I download books to my iPod.
    I don't listen to books in digital format.


  1. Have you used the electronic resources available from your Public Library?*
    I use them many times a month
    I use them once in a while
    I have used them once
    I have not used them yet
    I don't know how to use them


  1. Are you a participant in the Voices of Vision Talking Book Center (IL) or the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS/BPH) (Talking Books Program) (http://www.loc.gov/nls/)?*
    Yes-Voices of Vision
    Yes-NLS/BPH
    No





Dr. Montgomery
Bilingual Educator, Teacher, Consultant, and Researcher
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Geneva, IL