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Ask the class to look at the picture. Ask: What do you think
it is? Point out the title and invite the students to raise
their hand to give you their ideas. If they do not know,
explain that it is a system for blind people to use so that
they can read books and magazines. It is called Braille
and is a system of raised dots in shapes that represent
letters and numbers.
Ask: What other dif culties do blind people face in their
everyday lives? Encourage everyone to express their
ideas and write them on the board so that they can see
how many they guessed correctly after they have read
Because blind people cant see,
the text. they can have some communication
problems. For example, they cant see
Ask the students to look at the text and explain labels on medicine boxes, street signs or
that they are now going to learn more about Braille. menus in restaurants. They cant see a persons
facial expression or gestures.
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Write the following question on the board: What So what do blind people do? Well, they use other senses
communication problems do blind people have? Ask the sense of touch and hearing more than people who
the students to read the text to answer this question. can see well. When talking to someone, they cant see the
tions
persons face, but they can understand the persons emotions
Invite the students to raise their hand when they from the tone of their voice. They use their ngers to feel what eel what
they cant see.
know the answer. (They cant see labels on medicine
ng and writing
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boxes, street signs or menus in restaurants, and they system called braille. A Frenchman called Louis Braille rst published is Braille rst published
to is reading a magaz
cant see a persons facial expressions or gestures.) his system in 1829. The person in this photo is reading a magazine
in braille. The page has got many raised dots on it. The dots make dots on it. The dots m
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lifts
braille in many places these days. It is on buttons in lifts, it is on menus days. It is on butto
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medicine boxes.
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each sentence with the words. When f nished, invite
them to compare their answers with a friend and discuss They also read with their hands. They have a reading and writing
any diff erences they have. After that, invite the students system called braille. A Frenchman called Louis Braille f rst published
to raise their hand to tell you an answer. his system in 1829. The person in this photo is reading a magazine
in braille. The page has got many raised dots on it. The dots make
Note: To save time in class, photocopy the sentences and shapes and each diff erent shape is a letter or number. You can f nd
give a photocopy to each student.
braille in many places these days. It is on buttons in lifts, it is on
Exercise 1 menus in some restaurants and it is on medicine boxes.
Blind people can also use computers. A voice can read out what is
Explain to the class that they are going to read the text on the screen and a speech recognition system can translate what
as they listen. First, ask them to read questions 15 and they say into text. There are also special printers that can print text
allow them a few minutes to answer any they already in braille.
know. They can then check their answers as they listen.
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