Listening SkillsBy: Carmen Willings
teachingvisuallyimpaired.com Updated May 27, 2024 Since listening skills will be a major source of information for a student who is blind or visually impaired, it is important for students with visual impairments to develop good listening skills. It is also important to continue to build on those skills as the student progresses through grades. Listening skills will help a child gain information for general learning and understanding of their environment and critical safety information needed for safe travel. Listening skills provide information about the immediate and extended environment which can be particularly helpful in developing orientation and mobility skills. Discuss the following strategies to help students build and enhance their listening skills.
By incorporating these strategies into instruction and activities, educators can help students who are blind or visually impaired develop strong listening skills that are essential for academic success and independent living Isolate Sounds/Words/PhrasesEncourage the student to begin isolating sounds, words, and phrases by helping them:
Remember Sounds/Words/Stories Encourage the student to begin remembering sounds, words, and stories by helping them:
Compare and Relate Words/SoundsEncourage the student to begin comparing and relating words and sounds by helping them:
Resources![]() Learning to Listen/Listening to Learn by Lizbeth A Barclay is published by the American Foundation for the Blind. This text provides a systematic development of skills in listening for and interpreting auditory information. Barclay discusses instruction in listening skills at different ages and it includes a continuum chart and a checklist to use in assessment.
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