Begin teaching your fingers to read. Learn to move along lines and down columns of braille.
Lessons describe methods used by successful braille readers. Since finger sensitivity varies, we encourage you to develop your own reading style. This course helps you build a strong foundation for all other braille courses.
Recommended if you have no prior knowledge of braille. This course is also known as Braille Literacy 1.
Course ID: EBR-802
Credit
1/2 Carnegie Unit for completion of Braille Literacy 1, 2, and 3
Grading
satisfactory/unsatisfactory
Average Completion Time
3 months
Course Materials
After completing the course, you may keep the following materials, which are supplied with the course:
a. six braille exercise booklets, one for each lesson in the course
b. several sheets of raised markers
c. the video, Personal Touch
d. a one-page handout titled, "Suggestions for Family and Friends"
Objectives and Content
After completing Lesson 1, you will be able to
a. identify the characteristics of efficient braille readers
b. use flat-hand scanning to determine how braille is arranged on the page
c. practice hand movements that promote efficient braille reading
After completing Lesson 2, you will be able to
a. identify the full braille cell
b. identify the braille letter l
c. identify symbols that are the same while tracking from left to right
d. use a special numbering system to identify page numbers
After completing Lesson 3, you will be able to
a. refine your finger and hand movements while tracking
b. determine whether the symbols at the beginning and end of a line are the same or different
c. locate a block of full cells in different positions within a line
After completing Lesson 4, you will be able to
a identify the full braille cell as well as the letters c and l
b. determine whether braille symbols are the same or different
After completing Lesson 5, you will be able to
a. determine whether two single braille symbols or pairs of braille symbols are the same or different
b. identify g, c, and l
c. find the symbol that is different in a group of three symbols
d. identify three-symbol patterns using the symbols g, c, and l
After completing Lesson 6, you will be able to
a. track columns of symbols
b. identify the letters c, g, l, and the full cell in a column
c. describe your personal reading style
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