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标题：English Language Teaching for the Visually Impaired Learners: Training Non-native English Teachers
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作者：Abdullah Coşkun School of Foreign Languages
期刊名称：International Journal of Social Sciences and Education
印刷版ISSN：2227-393X
电子版ISSN：2223-4934
出版年度：2014
卷号：4
期号：1
出版社：Federal College of Education
摘要：Despite the growing body of research studies and projects related to English language teaching (ELT) for theaverage learner, there is still a great shortage of research addressing the foreign language learning needs of thevisually impaired people. Therefore, this paper has the main objective to introduce an innovative method of teachingEnglish to visually impaired learners by means of the talking tactile technology (T3). Therefore, the paper presentskey stages of an international project aiming to train non-native English teachers in Turkey to become aware of theconcept of using T3 as a vehicle for teaching English. The project not only enabled trainees to incorporate this newtechnology into their classes but also reduced the shortfall by providing continuous professional development to nonnativeteachers of English for the benefit of visually impaired learners. The application of T3 in other ELT contexts isexpected to contribute to the neglected field of foreign language teaching for learners with visual impairment
关键词：Talking tactile technology; English language teaching