Abstract
The main objective of this research is to report on how a visually-impaired student (VIS) learned English in the context of virtual environments in a Colombian public university. In order to achieve the goal, an analysis of the learning strategies used by the students in the tutorial sessions was conducted. Through a qualitative perspective, observations and interviews were carried out to learn about the learning strategies the VIS had developed. The results show that the VISused several types of learning strategies: Cognitive, metacognitive an socioaffective ones, suc as, memory, analyzing, repetition, evaluating and monitoring his learning, taking risk, asking for confirmation, asking for additional input.
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