Dane szczegółowe książki

Introduction 8
Chapter one. Blind child's development 12
1. The role of sight in development 17
2. Blind child's motor development 23
3. Blind child's cognitive development 35
4. Blind child's language development 55
5. The emergence of concept meaning in a blind child's lexicon 74
6. Summary 89
Chapter Two. Cognitive strategies in language understanding by blind children 90
1. The theory of sensory compensation 93
2. The compensatory role of analogical reasoning in blind children 97
3. Understanding of space and spatial concepts by blind children 109
4. Communication model theories and language understanding 122
5. Summary 136
Chapter three. Foreign language acquisition 138
1. The effect of blindness on foreign language acquisition 142
2. Approaches to second language teaching and blind student's needs 151
3. The role of creating a multisensory environment in teaching foreign language concepts to blind children 161
4. Educational and technological aids in teaching foreign languages to blind students 169
5. Summary 175
Conclusion 176
References 178