[il-talk] "At Large" Braille Reading Group

[Kelly Doty]

Great opportunity for those of us who have a lot of practicing to do.
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Subject: [il-talk] "At Large" Braille Reading Group


> The NFBI Braille Literacy Committee is interested in forming an "at large" 
> Braille reading group that would follow the same model as that of the 
> Blackhawk Chapter's ABLE Group described below.  The NFBI group would meet 
> once a week by teleconference to read Braille.  The goal would be to 
> improve the Braille skills of those participating.  The group would start 
> meeting around the end of October.
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> If you are interested in joining such a group, please contact Bob Gardner 
> bythe end of the month, August 31.  Also, if you have questions, please 
> contact him.
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>
> rgardner4 at gmail.com
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> 309.236.6606
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> ABLE GROUP/BLACKHAWK CHAPTER
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> Several years ago, the Blackhawk Chapter formed a group with the purpose 
> of improving the Braille skills of those participating.  The group was 
> called the ABLE Group, where ABLE stood for Access to Braille Literacy for 
> Everyone.
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> The ABLE Group met once a week  for an hour and a half.  People read 
> Braille out loud to each other, with Each person having the same Braille 
> book or story, each person taking turns reading.
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> Reading aloud was considered an important part of the program.  In 
> general, reading aloud seemed more challenging than reading to one's self. 
> If you're not sure of a word or contraction, you can't just gloss over it 
> when reading aloud to others.  Also, if a person got stuck on a word or 
> contraction, others in the group could help.
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> Those in the group were ones who needed to refresh their Braille 
> knowledge, or improve their reading speed.  The reading speed of those in 
> the group was less than 50 words per minute.  Several in the group doubled 
> their reading speed within a year after the founding of the group.
>
>
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