Reading or Listening, that is the question...???????

My vote would be for reading. Listening is okay, but the problem with listening is that you have to pay attention. And many do not have a great patience for listening. Reading immerses me in the story, the lesson or the article. It challenges me to visualize the reading, to imagine it and to feel it. New technology presents many new ways to learn. Listening to podcasts will probably replace reading to some extent, but I think we would make a mistake by not encouraging young people to read.