Do you love to read for enjoyment and interest? Practice using your contracted braille skills with a variety of texts, such as short stories, travel itineraries, song lyrics, menus, catalogs and recipes. This course provides guided practice in these braille formats and many more. Prerequisite: The ability to read contracted braille by touch.
Course: EBR-951, Media: B, Lessons: 12
Experience Braille Reading
Course ID: EBR-951
Audience
Adult Continuing Education Program and High School Program
Course Description
Do you love to read for enjoyment and interest? Practice using your contracted
braille skills with a variety of texts, such as short stories, travel itineraries,
song lyrics, menus, catalogs, and recipes. This course provides guided practice
in these braille formats and many more.
Media
Braille
Organization
Lesson 1-8: required
Lessons 9-15: pick four
Total lessons required: 12
Credit
No credit
Prerequisites
ability to read contracted braille, including all contractions, punctuation
marks, and special symbols
Equipment required
braille writing materials, audio listening and recording equipment (for example,
a tape recorder and blank cassettes)
Overview
Twelve assignments are submitted to the instructor.
Grading
letter grades
Objectives and Content
The objective of each lesson is to read the type of material described in the
lesson title, as follows:
Required
Lesson 1: Short Stories
Lesson 2: Travel Itineraries
Lesson 3: Poetry and Song Lyrics
Lesson 4: Calendars
Lesson 5: Nonfiction
Lesson 6: Restaurant Menus
Lesson 7: Catalogs
Lesson 8: Recipes
Pick four
Lesson 9: Reading Aloud to Children
Lesson 10: Directions and Instructions
Lesson 11: Word Puzzles
Lesson 12: Financial Reports and Statements
Lesson 13: Glossaries and Indexes
Lesson 14: Myths and Legends
Lesson 15: Advanced Reading, Nonfiction
Course Details
