The Role of Multimodality and Technology in Teaching EFL to Visually Impaired Lower-Level Learners

Communication Trends in the Post-Literacy Era: Polylingualism, Multimodality and Multiculturalism As Preconditions for New Creativity Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI:10.15826/b978-5-7996-3081-2.13

Astanina Anna, Boltenkova Yuliya, Rassakazova Tatiana

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. The era of postliteracy suggests development of language proficiency in multimodal ways creating equal opportunities for all learners including those with disabilities. Despite contemporary technological advances, certain special needs, such as blindness, make most online courses difficult to access. We propose a set of presuppositions and principles behind online EFL course development for blind and visually impaired learners, which are based on the multimodal nature of input during language learning and teaching of blind people to activate other senses during this process. The preliminary results of the study based on empirical data are to be published shortly. Abstract. The unprecedented emergency remote teaching [Hodges et al., 2020] has created unique challenges, with educators facing higher demands placed on them as they have to assure quality teaching, learning, and assessment

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多模态与技术在视障低水平学习者英语教学中的作用

．后识字时代建议以多种方式发展语言能力，为包括残疾人士在内的所有学习者创造平等的机会。尽管当代技术进步，某些特殊需求，如失明，使大多数在线课程难以访问。基于盲人语言学习和教学过程中输入的多模态特性，我们提出了一套针对盲人和视障学习者的在线英语课程开发的前提和原则，以激活盲人在这一过程中的其他感官。基于实证数据的初步研究结果将于近期公布。摘要前所未有的紧急远程教学[Hodges等人，2020]带来了独特的挑战，教育工作者面临着更高的要求，因为他们必须确保高质量的教学、学习和评估

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