{"id":19783,"date":"2013-09-25T16:36:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=19783"},"modified":"2013-09-25T16:36:14","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T15:36:14","slug":"learners-with-special-needs-blindness-and-sla-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=19783&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Learners with special needs: blindness and SLA-archive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Course title<\/strong>: Learners with special needs: blindness and SLA
<\/b>Instructor: <\/strong>Asst. Prof. Renata Geld
<\/b>ECTS credits<\/strong>: 3
<\/b>Semester<\/strong>: IX
<\/b>Status<\/strong>: elective
<\/b>Enrollment requirements: <\/strong>none
<\/b>Course description and objectives:<\/strong> The course offers basic aspects of interrelation between language, general cognitive processes and experience in relation to issues pertaining to language learning by the blind and visually impaired. Upon completing the course the students will be able to do the following: apply fundamental theoretical knowledge in practice; design and conduct simple studies dealing with language and its relation to other cognitive processes and aspects of experience; bridge the gap between certain theoretical findings and the needs of blind learners in their everyday learning environment; adjust teaching material and approaches to teaching to the needs of the blind; and consolidate previous knowledge about language, language acquisition and language teaching with the knowledge about specific needs of blind learners of L2.<\/span><\/p>\n


Week by week schedule: <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
week<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nTopics<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/span><\/td>\nFundamental concepts<\/span>
Introduction <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/span><\/td>\nFundamental concepts: visual impairment and L1 development <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/span><\/td>\nFundamental concepts: perceptual nature of knowledge; language as an experiential phenomenon<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/span><\/td>\nFundamental concepts: the nature of L2 in relation to other cognitive processes<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/span><\/td>\nPerspective and attention in L1 and L2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/span><\/td>\nREVISION \u2013 Test 1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/span><\/td>\n The visually impaired at school: everyday challenges <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/span><\/td>\nThe visually impaired at school: the L2 classroom<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/span><\/td>\nThe tactile exploration of the world and its relation to reading, writing, listening and speaking<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/span><\/td>\n Ways of testing theory in practice<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/span><\/td>\n REVISION \u2013 Test 2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/span><\/td>\nWays of testing theory in practice: microproject I \u2013 plans and drafts<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/span><\/td>\nConsolidation<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/span><\/td>\nWays of testing theory in practice: microproject II \u2013 reports <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/span><\/td>\nWays of testing theory in practice: microproject II \u2013 reports <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Required reading:
<\/strong>Geld, R. and \u0160imuni\u0107, M. (2009). A case study of a blind speaker of English as L2, u Brdar, M., Omazi\u0107, M. i Pavi\u010di\u0107-Taka\u010d V. (ed.) Cognitive Approaches to English: Some Fundamental Interdisciplinary and Applied Aspects, <\/i>Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Geld, R. 2006. Konceptualizacija i vidovi konstruiranja zna\u010denja: temeljne postavke i pojmovi kognitivnolingvisti\u010dkog teorijskog okvira, Suvremena lingvistika<\/i>, 62, pp. 183-211.<\/span>
Hollins, M. (2000). Vision Impairment and Cognition. In: Silverstone, B., Lang, M.A., Rosenthal, B.P., Faye, E.E. (ed.) The Lighthouse Handbook on Vision Impairment and Vision Rehabilitation.<\/i> Oxford University Press.<\/span>
Landau, B. and Gleitman, L. R. (1985). Language and experience: Evidence from the blind child. <\/i>Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.<\/span>
Rosel, J., Caballer, A., Jara, P. and Oliver, J. C. (2005). Verbalism in the narrative language of children who are blind and sighted. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, <\/i>413- 425.<\/span>
Stan\u010di\u0107, V. (1991). O\u0161te\u0107enja vida. Biopsihosocijalni aspekti.<\/i> \u0160kolska knjiga, Zagreb.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Recommended reading:<\/span><\/strong>
Conti-Ramsden, G. and Perez-Pereira, M. (1999). Conversational interactions between mothers and their infants who are congenitally blind, have low vision, or are sighted. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness.<\/i><\/span>
Dirven, R. and Verspoor, M. 2004. Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics.<\/i> Amsterdam\/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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