Join us at the Library Outpost on 7 September to learn about Braille.

Talk on Braille at NTU Library Outpost

Braille is a system consisting of six raised dots used by persons who are blind or have low vision.The six raised dots are arranged in two parallel rows of three dots each and are numbered from one to six. Sixty-four combinations are possible by form of one or more dots to represent alphabets, numbers, punctuation marks and whole word.

This talk gives a general overview of the Braille system. Participants are able to get a hands-on experience to use Braille after the talk.

About Ms Penny Chong

Penny is a Resource Teacher with Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School (AISS) which has a Visually Impaired (VI) Integration Programme since 1967. She looks after eight VI students across all levels, giving support in terms of preparations of learning materials and coaching in subjects that are more challenging to the VI students. She also graduated from the National University of Singapore with Bachelor of Arts with Honours in 2002 and worked with the Lighthouse School (a special school for the visually impaired at primary level) as a Braillist from 2004 to 2006.

Penny spent three years helping in their Braille book production at Lighthouse School before she underwent training at the National Institute of Education in 2007. She joined AISS in 2008 as a Resource Teacher.

Her passion is with teaching: she wanted to be a teacher to help more visually impaired student to climb the education ladder so they can achieve their dreams.

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Take a look at the photos from the talk here.