--- Forwarded Message from Wendy Baker Davis <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 09:02:34 -0500
>From: Wendy Baker Davis <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5581 Languages for Visually Impaired
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>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>

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Tongue in cheek, I have to say "she has to learn a language just by
listening and speaking!" - how barbaric. ;-)
Wendy


>Hi all,
>
>There is a student at our University who is visually impaired and does not
>read braille due to problems with diabetes.  With that in mind, she is
>very interested in learning the Spanish language.  We are trying to
>determine how to go about teaching her since she will be unable to write
>the information or read the information with braille.  One thought by some
>was to let her speak her assignments into the computer.  However, those
>voice capturing programs are not reliable, not even for native speakers.
>So, her language learning strategies are limited to listening and
>speaking (speaking probably into a cassette for her assignments).
>
>Have any of you worked with students who were visually impaired?  If so,
>how were you able to help them out?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Linda Jones
>Director, Language Learning Center
>University of Arkansas
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