[nabs-l] Foreign language

[Hope Paulos]

Hello. I speak fluent Spanish and have done so  since I was very  young. I 
took Spanish courses in college (French in high school). But, I am also 
taking German (from scratch in college). The best thing to do I guess is to 
talk to your professors. Spanish Braille is not too difficult to learn, and 
the spelling of words is phoenetic. If you have to, ask the professors to 
spell what they write on the board (or powerpoint or whatever they use for 
lectures. Depending on how you want your material (Braille [which in the 
beginning I would recommend since you're first learning a language], audio 
material etc.) you can talk with your disability service  office to have 
them scan the material for you. Just make sure they scan it with the Spanish 
language setting- if they don't it will be in gibberish.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask either on or 
off-list. I check this address daily and multiple times.
Sincerely,
Hope Paulos.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Mandarino" <blind.subscriber at gmail.com>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
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Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 12:03 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] Foreign language


>
> I am curious if any blind students have learned a second language in
> college, with no previous experience of middle school or high school
> courses. I am interested in learning Spanish, and would like some
> suggestions on how to do this from scratch. I have contemplated the idea 
> of
> having my girlfriend take an entry course, as she is also interested, and
> meanwhile auditing the course in order to get a feel of what it will be
> like.
>
> There is also the topic of Spanish Braille, and then additional resources 
> of
> tutoring and audio materials. I would love any feed back you guys might
> have, and if necessary you can feel free to reply to the following address
> and I can post a digest version of the responses if it gets too cluttered.
>
> j.mandarino1 at comcast.net
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mandarino
>
>
>
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