Involving children with visual impairment in the learning process of an EFL inclusive class

In this article, we consider the most relevant and accessible educational resources, as well as the methods and forms of establishing an integrated study space for effective English language teaching of sighted and blind children. We discuss several important aspects of an inclusive class teaching and present a model of group involving teaching approach based on audio-lingual and communicative teaching methods with some examples of classroom and home tasks to set for the work of children with visual impairments. In addition, the article has a list of a handy Internet resources that might be adopted for in and out of class learning practice of English skills by means of the universal access computer systems and various applications that will help children with eyesight problems.

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