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Supporting foreign language learning for a blind student: a case study from Coventry University

2005; Wiley; Volume: 20; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.0268-2141.2005.00379.x

1467-9604

Marina Orsini-Jones, Kathy Courtney, Anne Dickinson,

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This article outlines the adjustments made to provide an accessible learning environment within the first-year undergraduate curriculum of the languages degree course at Coventry University. Marina Orsini-Jones, Kathy Courtney and Anne Dickinson describe how language staff collaborated with the Centre for Higher Education Development and the Teaching and Learning Support Unit both to raise awareness amongst all students about accessibility issues and to adapt materials for a blind student reading French, German and Spanish. The article includes a discussion of the challenges faced, and provides an action plan for future adjustments to the languages materials in line with the lesson learnt from the case study.