{"id":2306,"date":"2015-09-02T23:04:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T21:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=2306"},"modified":"2025-11-19T11:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:28:20","slug":"braille-a-language-for-blind-peopl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2015\/09\/braille-a-language-for-blind-peopl\/","title":{"rendered":"Braille – A Language for Blind People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They say that necessity is the mother of all inventions and man, in general, will always crave for knowledge. It is probably this combination that brought Louis Braille to the development of the Braille System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article below to find out more about the Braille system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.english-online.at\/society\/braille\/braille-language-for-blind-people.htm<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Share your thoughts on this: Although\u00a0Braille is thought to be the main way that blind people can read and write, only few people really use it. In Great Britain, for example only about 20,000 out of 2 million\u00a0visually impaired\u00a0actually use Braille.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Does your country have special training facilities for people who are visually impaired? Talk about it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. In your country, do people with visual disabilities have specific benefits? Talk about them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Are you aware of any new technologies that people with visual disabilities are using to make everyday life easier?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. What do you think are ways to make Braille more attractive to users?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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