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Learning languages (self.Blind)
submitted by shaw511
First off, I am fully sighted. But I want to know what learning languages is like being blind and if you think it would be useful for you to have a resource dedicated to blind people for learning languages as I havn't seen any on the internet apart from maybe just getting a tutor that can cater to blind people.
Sorry if I am being silly, it is just a question that popped into my head as an avid language learner
Sorry if I am being silly, it is just a question that popped into my head as an avid language learner
Unuhi 1 points 6y ago
I learned all my previous languages as a sighted person.
So for the next ones it'll be different. I'm thinking of Japanese as phonetically it sounds easy to me, and by using braille i could skip learning print letters completely.
Chinese would also have a huge braille benefit - where sighted people have to learn thousands of characters and how to decipher them, you have phonetic alphabet of around 50.
So for the next ones it'll be different. I'm thinking of Japanese as phonetically it sounds easy to me, and by using braille i could skip learning print letters completely.
Chinese would also have a huge braille benefit - where sighted people have to learn thousands of characters and how to decipher them, you have phonetic alphabet of around 50.
KillerLag 1 points 6y ago
If you were learning the written language as well, the braille itself may use different characters that don't exist in English.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Braille
Spanish Braille has extra letters for the accents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Braille
Japanese Braille matches up the the hirigana sounds. While dot one in English and Japanese represent the "a" sound, dot 1,2 represents "b" in English and the "i" sound in Japanese.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Braille
Spanish Braille has extra letters for the accents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Braille
Japanese Braille matches up the the hirigana sounds. While dot one in English and Japanese represent the "a" sound, dot 1,2 represents "b" in English and the "i" sound in Japanese.
shaw511 [OP] 1 points 6y ago
hmn yeah I was debating how to think about that, although If I were to create a resource through the internet, to learn braille for another language would mean the person learning having to have a refresh able braille display. At least I think, so the learner can then feel the braille that they are learning. Either way thanks for your reply it put relevant points to my attention :)
k00l_m00se 1 points 6y ago
I'm 16, and learning French in high school. It's hard. I can get the sounds and pronunciations, but spelling and grammar rules are really hard for me
shaw511 [OP] 1 points 6y ago
Yeah that is what I would have thought would have been the biggest problem for blind people learning languages. If I were to create a resource I think that I would possibly leave spelling out and focus on speaking and listening more but also grammar so you can get a grasp of the grammar better. I say about creating a resource but I don't want to promise anything as It would be a huge undertaking. But if I did do a resource it would be in for learning french :D
k00l_m00se 1 points 6y ago
Spelling can be essential though. My speaking grammar is pretty good. I just really struggle with the written stuff
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