Strategies for reading in the process of establishing blind readers in Higher Education

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https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416X.25.087.AO01EN

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Reading strategies, Blind student, Reading, Higher level education

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For students to succeed in higher education, they must understand reading as a meaning-making activity that underpins learning. In this regard, like any other student, blind students also need to feel included in the academic discourse community, and this inclusion is, to a large extent, shaped by their development as readers. The central aim of this study, therefore, is to analyze how blind students relate to reading, describing the strategies they use to comprehend texts. To this end, we draw on theoretical frameworks from Inclusive Education to reflect on the experience of blind individuals in higher education, as well as from Text Linguistics and Discourse Analysis to explore reading from that perspective. The research follows a qualitative approach, and data were collected through semi-structured interviews with four blind students identified in the Student Management System of the State University of Montes Claros (Unimontes), where the study was conducted. During the interviews, participants were encouraged to share their reading experiences in higher education and to reflect on their reading trajectories within academic discourse. The results show that blind students gradually develop as readers in higher education, relying heavily on technology and specific reading strategies, such as frequently using the internet to support their background knowledge during the reading process.

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Maria Clara Maciel de Araújo Ribeiro, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

Graduada em Letras pela Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (2006), Mestre (2008) e Doutora (2012) em Estudos Linguísticos pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Professora do Departamento de Letras, do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação e do Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Letras da Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros. Diretora e Editora da Editora Unimontes.

Kelly Alencar Froes Fonseca, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes)

Graduada em Letras Português/Inglês pela Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros - Unimontes; especialista em Linguística Aplicada ao Ensino do Português; mestre em Educação pela Unimontes; doutoranda em Educação pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB); Pesquisadora Institucional da Unimontes junto ao Ministério da Educação (MEC); professora efetiva do Departamento de Comunicação e Letras com experiência nas áreas de Linguística e avaliação da Educação Superior.

Publicado

2025-12-10

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Ribeiro, M. C. M. de A., & Fonseca, K. A. F. (2025). Strategies for reading in the process of establishing blind readers in Higher Education. Revista Diálogo Educacional, 25(87), 2243–2259. https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416X.25.087.AO01EN