ABSTRACT
Considering the images presented in English language textbooks nowadays, this article aims at analyzing the relevance these images have for the accomplishment of activities by the students. This work also aims at reflecting on the importance of offering audio description of these images to people with visual impairment so that they can carry out the proposed activities in an autonomous way. To guide our analysis, we rely on Roman Jakobson’s (2007) concept of translation, more especially on his reflections about intersemiotic translation. We also consider the definition of visual literacy proposed by Stokes (2002). It was possible to conclude, based on the analysis of one of the textbooks of the Story Central collection (2015), that understanding the images is essential for the student to carry out the activities proposed in this book. We believe that audio description is the alternative for the visually impaired student to be effectively included in the school context and to receive due stimulus to learning.
Keywords:
audio description; intersemiotic translation; textbooks
