Grammar and phonetics teaching and learning materials for visually impaired students
Project Leads: Magdalena Sztencel; Kate Whisker-Taylor; Nikki Swift
Student as Researchers: Alice Pennington, Sarah Martin
The aim of this project is to research and develop a set of teaching and learning materials that would support visually impaired students during the modules Grammar and Phonetics in the school of languages and linguistics. They produced an International Phonetic Association (IPA) IPA Braille Chart and Tile System. They also produced a Braille to print IPA chart for sighted lecturers to use within classes.
This project is continuing this year through the student as researcher’s scheme, by preparing an edited collection of papers from the ALVIS conference, assistance in setting up the ALVIS website, and setting up a forum for visually impaired students interested in studying languages and linguistics.