Katarzyna Jaworska-Biskup
ISBN: 978-83-7702-189-7
Stron: 200
Format: B5
Rok wydania: 2011


Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter one
Blind child's development

1. The role of sight in development
2. Blind child's motor development
3. Blind child's cognitive development
4. Blind child's language development
5. The emergence of concept meaning in a blind child's lexicon
6. Summary

Chapter Two
Cognitive strategies in language understanding by blind children

1. The theory of sensory compensation
2. The compensatory role of analogical reasoning in blind children
3. Understanding of space and spatial concepts by blind children
4. Communication model theories and language understanding
5. Summary

Chapter three
Foreign language acquisition

1. The effect of blindness on foreign language acquisition
2. Approaches to second language teaching and blind student's needs
3. The role of creating a multisensory environment in teaching foreign language concepts to blind children
4. Educational and technological aids in teaching foreign languages to blind students
5. Summary

Conclusion
References