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| Title | Advice for Teachers of the Visually Impaired |
| Body | A recent post to the FLTEACH listserv requested suggestions on teaching visually impaired students. Here are some of the responses. ---- Last semester I had a student who was blind. We had to have someone braille her work for her. So I had to have everything done well in advance so that I could have the work brailled and ready to give to her when I give the other students their work. She learned well since she relied on her other senses (hearing, for one) and she picked a lot up quickly. Sometimes faster than my sighted students. Mitchell, S. Re: teaching a visually impaired student. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (31 May 2005.) ---- When I had a blind student in class, I found that it was useful (and interesting) to learn Braille. The support group provided me with a Braille typewriter, and with a little practice I was able to crank out the homework lesson pages for him in a short time. It gave me a lot of flexibility, rather than relying on the "team" to do the sheets for me with several days' notice. Lee, R. Re: teaching a visually impaired student. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (31 May 2005.) ---- My experience this past year (as a teacher of a VI student and helping out another teacher that had 2) recommends putting anything you can into a digital format. Most/all of our VI kids have laptops that they use. We have found that notes can be exchanged really easily from teacher to student (and work turned in) via a jumpdrive at the beginning of class. Lugo, C. Re: teaching a visually impaired student. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (1 June 2005.) ---- I maintain a thematic bibliography of modern foreign languages and special educational needs on my website at: http://www.specialeducationalneeds.com/mfl/biblio.doc You will find over 100 online and print references in the visual impairment section. There is a listserv dedicated to visually impaired foreign language learners called LangLearn-L. Details at: http://bvi-groups.tripod.com/education.htm Wilson, D. Re: teaching a visually impaired student. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (1 June 2005.) |
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