Contracted braille is used for most written material produced for visually impaired readers as it is quicker to read and write and takes up less space. This shorthand way of reading and writing braille uses single letters to stand for words as well as a whole host of abbreviations and special symbols.
Prerequisite: Completion of Hadley's Introduction to Braille course, Basic Braille by Sight series of workshops, or placement assessment to verify your fluency in uncontracted braille.
This traditional Hadley course requires more extensive registration information to enroll.
Course ID: CBR-213
Credit
75 CE hours
Objectives and Content
After completing Lesson 1, the student will be able to read and braille alphabetic wordsigns:
- go, can, like, do, you, but, so, will
- people, knowledge, rather, more, every, have, not, it
- as, from, us, that, quite, very, just
After completing Lesson 2, the student will be able to read and write the following shortforms:
- him, your, quick, letter, good
- said, paid, today, tomorrow, tonight
After completing Lesson 3, the student will be able to use the
- strong wordsigns child, shall, this, which, out, still
- strong contractions and, for, of, the, with
After completing Lesson 4, the student will be able to read and write the following shortforms:
- little, again, blind, friend
- about, after, either, neither
After completing Lesson 5, the student will be able to use strong groupsigns representing the letters ch, sh, th, wh, ou, and st.
After completing Lesson 6, the student will be able to read and write the following words as shortforms:
- would, could, should, such, much
- children, first, must, against
After completing Lesson 7, the student will be able to correctly use dot (5) initial-letter contractions:
- day, some, time, name, here, under, work
- lord, know, young, question, father, mother, one
- ever, right, part, there, character, through, where, ought
After completing Lesson 8, the student will be able to correctly use the following groupsigns:
After completing Lesson 9, the student will be able to read and write the following shortforms:
- perhaps, afternoon, its, also, across
- already, above, necessary, great
After completing Lesson 10, the student will be able to
- use or explain the use of the grade 1 indicator
- correctly read and braille symbols-sequences that have letters and numbers
After completing Lesson 11, the student will be able to correctly use the lower groupsigns ea, bb, cc, ff,and gg.
After completing Lesson 12, the student will be able to correctly use the dot 45 initial-letter contractions these, those, upon, whose, and word.
After completing Lesson 13, the student will be able to read and write the following braille groupsigns:
After completing Lesson 14, the student will be able to read and write the following shortforms:
- although, almost, together
- itself, myself, herself, himself, yourself
After completing Lesson 15, the student will be able to correctly use the dot 456 contractions cannot, had, many, spirit, their, and world.
After completing Lesson 16, the student will be able to use the lower wordsigns
- be, his, was, were
- in, enough
After completing Lesson 17, the student will be able to read and write the following shortforms:
- thyself, oneself, altogether, always
- themselves, yourselves, ourselves
After completing Lesson 18, the student will be able to correctly use
- currency signs (dollar, cent, euro, pound sterling, yen/yuan) and the percent sign
- measurement symbols (inch, foot, pound, degree)
- symbols for mathematical calculation
After completing Lesson 19, the student will be able to read and write the following shortforms:
- afterward, according, braille, immediate
- receive, receiving, deceive, deceiving
After completing Lesson 20, the student will be able to correctly use the dot 56 final-letter groupsigns:
- ful, ity, ness, ong
- tion, ence, ment
After completing Lesson 21, the student will be able to read and write the eight shortforms that begin with be:
- because, before, behind, below
- beneath, beside, between, beyond
After completing Lesson 22, the student will be able to correctly use single quotation marks, accent signs, and brackets.
After completing Lesson 23, the student will be able to correctly use the dot 46 groupsigns sion, ance, less, ound, and ount.
After completing Lesson 24, the student will be able to use the italics and boldface typeform indicators.
After completing Lesson 25, the student will be able to read and write the following shortforms:
- rejoice, rejoicing, declare, declaring
- conceive, conceiving, perceive, perceiving
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