Accommodating the Syllabus to Visually Impaired Students in the English Language Classroom: Challenges and Concerns

Autor/inn/en	Martínez-Hernández, Ana-Isabel; Bellés-Fortuño, Begoña
Titel	Accommodating the Syllabus to Visually Impaired Students in the English Language Classroom: Challenges and Concerns
Quelle	In: International Journal of English Studies, 21 (2021) 1, S.75-92 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1578-7044
Schlagwörter	Students with Disabilities; Visual Impairments; Academic Accommodations (Disabilities); Student Needs; Barriers; College Students; Blindness; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Language Tests; Foreign Countries; Computer Assisted Testing; Testing Accommodations; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung; Collegestudent; Blindheit; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language test; Sprachtest; Ausland; Testing process; Accessibility (for disabled); Accessibility; Disabled person; Testdurchführung; Testen; Barrierefreiheit; Zugänglichkeit; Behinderter; Spanien
Abstract	The inclusion of students with disabilities in the education system results in content or assessment accommodations to suit the students' special needs and to ensure they have acquired the objectives listed in the curriculum. In this paper, we aim at proposing different ways to accommodate a university English language test to a partially blind student who used text-to-speech tools (TTS) in order to provide them with accurate assessment. To carry out this research, the student has been monitored throughout the course to see which accommodations fit their needs best. All in all, we have observed that read-aloud accommodations lead to a better inclusion of the partially sighted student and better performance. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Murcia. Department of English Philology Merced Campus, Calle Santo Cristo 1, Murcia 30071 Spain. Tel: +34-868-88-3406; Fax: +34-868-88-3409; e-mail: publicaciones@um.es; Web site: http://www.um.es/ijes
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01