[Pibe-division] Help with braille

adrijana prokopenko adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com
Mon Nov 16 18:59:26 UTC 2015


That is what I think as well, but in my country of Macedonia you can't
really find much braille to read in English and they can't even master
grade 1, let alone grade 2.

On 11/16/15, Marianne Denning via PIBE-Division
<pibe-division at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Or just like reading print.  Read, read, read.  Braile must be under
> the fingers regularly.
>
> On 11/16/15, rjaquiss via PIBE-Division <pibe-division at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hello Adrijana:
>>
>>      I am not a teacher, but it is my understanding that if you want to
>> get
>> good speed reading braille, you have to read braille. I use a braille
>> display, but I often use embossed braille materials. Reading braille
>> takes
>> practice just like learning a musical instrument.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: PIBE-Division [mailto:pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of
>> adrijana prokopenko via PIBE-Division
>> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 10:28 AM
>> To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List
>> Cc: adrijana prokopenko
>> Subject: [Pibe-division] Help with braille
>>
>> It seems as reading braille is becoming more and more difficult and
>> slower
>> and slower for many of my students as years go by. I am sure there are
>> more
>> reasons than one that causes this, ranging from lack of braille
>> materials,
>> bad quality braille, students with multiple disabilities, the influence
>> of
>> computers and other technology and so much more. I was just wondering how
>> other teachers come to terms with this problem and what it is that they
>> use
>> to help themselves in the process. Besides my experience, I have tried
>> using
>> different games, aproaches and ways to improve their speed and make them
>> love braille more, but it doesn't give me good results most of the time.
>>
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> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
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