The presenter concludes by discussing her visitation of the child a year later, strengthening her advocacy for bilingual education. Participants receive several handouts, including techniques for eliciting and using constructive input from students to improve instruction. In this workshop, the presenter examines various strategies, methodologies, and media used to teach visually impaired adults. This unique ESL curriculum at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind incorporates lessons in daily living skills. Class is designed on a support-group model.
Participants learn elementary Braille.
Guided journals facilitated student reflection on LLS and helped identify salient comparative aspects of the study. An in-progress research investigates difficulties encountered in teaching large classes. Questionnaires administered to college instructors aim at revealing both the problems faced and the techniques used to overcome them. Whether teachers need formal training courses are revealed in the research results. Back to the menu of content area program listings.