Abstract for the International Conference on Tactile Diagrams
Maps and Pictures 2002
Reading aloud - the road to braille and tactile
literacy
Yvonne Eriksson
The Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille / Department of Art History
and Visual Studies, Göteborg University
The importance of reading
aloud in the child's introduction to written language has been demonstrated by
several researchers. The Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille (TPB) is
producing tactile picture books in braille with regard to reading aloud to children
with visual impairments. A pilot study was driven during the fall of 2001 to investigate
what happens in a reading-aloud situation where a mother reads a tactile picture
book with her blind 4 year old daughter. The pilot study contains many elements
worthy of discussion, for example the blind child's concept formation and understanding
of his/her surroundings with the help of the tactile picture. The significance
of the child's decoding strategies for pictures, letters, and text with the hands
and fingers is also of great interest for her reading skills acquisitions.
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