TY - BOOK AU - Niyomana,Vérène AU - Niyonzima,Vérène ED - University fo Burundi TI - A comparative study of the performance of blind and sighted enlish Language Learners: case study of notre dam de la sagesse Lycee in Gitega PY - 2016/// CY - Bujumbura PB - University of Burundi, Institute Applied Pedagogy, English-Kirundi KW - KW - BI-BuBU KW - Anglais (langue) KW - Apprentissage KW - Performance KW - Apprenant Voyant KW - Lycée Notre de la Sagesse KW - Gitega (province) KW - Apprenant Aveugle KW - Mémoire N2 - Résumé, The topic of this study is "A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PERFORMANCE OF BLIND AND SIGHTED ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS : CASE STUDY OF NOTRE DAME DE LA SAGESSE LYCEE IN GITEGA PROVINCE" The study aims at comparing the performance of blind and sighted pupils in the English language so as to assess whether or not blindness is a hindrance to one's school performance.The hypotheses of this study are : The différence between the English language performance by blind and sighed pupils is small; and blindness cannot hinder the English language learning performance when studying under he right conditions. For the present investigation, three data collection tools were used : classroom observation, pupils, and teachers' questionnaires and the analysis of annual scores of three school years. At the end of this study, the researcher found that blindness is not a hindrance to one's English language learning performance. However, learning conditions are not appropriate well enough to blind pupils. This may cause the low performance on blind pupils' behalf ER -