English language teaching and learning

Material for Visual Impairment Students

The form of teaching material is analyzing which presents or informs about the language to be learned.²⁰ So how to make a suitable materials for visual impairment students? we need special materials in order to the lessons can be informed to visual impairment students. we can use special hardware for the visual impairment students, such as scanners and Braille displays, vocal syntheses and screen readers. Besides we should know some common accommodations for visual impairment students :

1. 
   Alternative print formats, which may require text conversion
   
2. 
   Magnification devices
   

3. 
   Bright, incandescent lighting
   

4. 
   Raised lettering or other tactile cues
   

5. 
   Adaptive computer equipment
   

6. 
   Readers for exams
   

7. 
   Priority registration
   

8. 
   Recorded lectures
   

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   Lab or library assistants²¹
   

7. Research Methodology

²⁰Brian Tomlinson, Material Development in Language Teaching, (UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003), p. 1.
²¹ http://www.northwestern.edu/disability/faculty/strategies/visual-impairments.html

The research method is used in ways in which research in the research process. This is done to determine the selection of appropriate methods in influencing the success or failure of research, as with any method, is expected to obtain objective data.

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   Type of Research.
   

The type of research is case study research. The case study is the investigation depth (in-depth study) of a social unit such that it produces well- organized picture and details on these social units.²²

2. 
   Research Approach.
   

The approach in this study is a qualitative approach, namely the research procedures which produce descriptive data in the form of words written or spoken about people and behaviors that can be observed.²³

3. 
   Subject
   

In a qualitative study did not use the term population, but according to Spradley called "Social Situation" or social situation that consists of three elements: places, actors, and activities that interact synergistically.²⁴ So the subjects of this study are visual impairment students.

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