Teaching Braille to Linguistically Diverse Students with Visual Disabilities.

Knowlton, Marie

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ERIC Number: EJ555487

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Teaching Braille to Linguistically Diverse Students with Visual Disabilities.

Knowlton, Marie

Division on Visual Impairments Quarterly, v43 n1 p10-11 Fall 1997

Discusses the growing ethnic and cultural diversity of the student population and the challenges this presents in teaching English Braille. The need to first address the student's competence in spoken English before teaching Braille is stressed. Using grade one Braille for teaching ethnically diverse students is recommended. (CR)

Descriptors: Braille, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Minorities, Limited English Speaking, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Visual Impairments

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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Note: Journal availability: Bob Brasher, Ed., Educational Services for Visually Impaired, Arkansas School for the Blind, P.O. Box 668, Little Rock, AR 72203; phone: 501-296-1815 or 501-663-4530; fax: 501-663-3536; e-mail: ESVI@cei.net.