Utilization of English Reading Strategies by the Visually Impaired Student of Universitas Brawijaya for English Learning Material Comprehension

Kurnia Asri Prasetyorini, Dita Dewi Palupi

2018

Abstract

Visual impairment is a disability that affects the eyes function. Although a person utilizes the corrective lenses, he might still acquire the low vision ability that can impact his education performance, especially in reading courses materials, since reading is a fundamental tool for critical and creative thinking that enable the readers to acknowledge more information. Thus, there should be the reading strategies employed for the learning material comprehension. This study aims to observe the reading strategies utilized by the visually impaired student of Universitas Brawijaya in comprehending the English learning material. The Special Education Technology-British Columbia (SET-BC) theory is adapted for observing the reading strategies. By using observation, field notes, and interview as the methods of data collection, the data is acquired from the participant who is a visually impaired male student majoring in English Language Education Program, Universitas Brawijaya. The result demonstrates that there are three reading strategies employed by the visually impaired student, i.e., paper strategy, e-text strategy, and auditory strategy. The significances of the strategies are revealing that the strategies indeed assist the student in comprehending the English learning materials and found out the most effective reading strategy for the visually impaired student.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Prasetyorini K. and Palupi D. (2018). Utilization of English Reading Strategies by the Visually Impaired Student of Universitas Brawijaya for English Learning Material Comprehension. In Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC, ISBN 978-989-758-416-9, pages 210-219. DOI: 10.5220/0008216000002284

in Bibtex Style

@conference{beltic18,
author={Kurnia Asri Prasetyorini and Dita Dewi Palupi},
title={Utilization of English Reading Strategies by the Visually Impaired Student of Universitas Brawijaya for English Learning Material Comprehension},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,},
year={2018},
pages={210-219},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008216000002284},
isbn={978-989-758-416-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,
TI - Utilization of English Reading Strategies by the Visually Impaired Student of Universitas Brawijaya for English Learning Material Comprehension
SN - 978-989-758-416-9
AU - Prasetyorini K.
AU - Palupi D.
PY - 2018
SP - 210
EP - 219
DO - 10.5220/0008216000002284