[il-talk] About Braille.

[Leslie Hamric]

Hi Gina.  Is the Cindy from BSA you're talking about Cindy Brown by any
chance?  If so, she and I used to work together at the Lighthouse. The next
time you see her, please tell her I say hello.
Leslie

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From: il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Gina Falvo
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 5:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [il-talk] About Braille.


I've beening learning for about 2 years now. first Hadley Polly at the guild
and cindy at bsa. I'm really struggleing with the contractions but I
practice readomg and writting. I'm determinged to learn braille if it take
another 2 years. Keep up the good work. Gina
 

> From: gregg at ricis.com
> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:25:25 -0500
> To: il-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] About Braille.
> 
> Good evening Linda,
> 
> I am slowly moving through Grade 2, I would love to here the advise the
list offers to your question as well. Can you offer any guidance to a new
learner of Grade 2. Thanks for your thoughts.
> 
> I picked up a book called Quick Check Index of Literary Braille Signs. 
> I have found this very useful to glance over and reenforce the dots to 
> their associated contraction. It organizes the contractions in logical 
> groups. Dot 5 words, Dot 4 5 words, . print symbols, punctuation, .
> 
> My teacher (Cindy Brown at BSA in Chicago) tells me I have to spend no
less than ten hours a week and at least two hours a night reading. I am sure
you already no that reenforcement is one key element of learning any code
system. I can tell you when I learned Morse code, various cryptography codes
and ciphers, and various character codes like Baudot, EBCDIC, and ASCII.
> 
> Have a great rest of your week :-)
> 
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> 
> On Oct 25, 2011, at 7:06 PM, Linda Hendle wrote:
> 
> > Hi everyone, I was wondering', I'mgoing to be starting my last 
> > chapter of Braille, grade 2, and I am kind of nervous. There's 17 
> > pages, and so many contractions that I feel overwhelmed. I am doing 
> > well, but I guess this is going to be like a final exam. Any 
> > pointers. Thanks _______________________________________________
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