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Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Accommodating the Learning Disabled Student in the Foreign Language Curriculum (An Update).
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Sparks, Richard L.; Javorsky, James – Foreign Language Annals, 2000
Examines special issues surrounding foreign language (FL) requirements for students classified as learning disabled (LD). Focuses on why students experience FL learning problems, the problems with the definition of and diagnosis of LD, whether research supports traditional assumptions about LD and FL learning, whether students classified as LD…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Higher Education, Identification, Learning Disabilities
Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Accommodating the Learning-Disabled Students in the Foreign Language Curriculum.
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Sparks, Richard L.; Javorsky, James – ADFL Bulletin, 1999
Discusses students classified as learning disabled in regard to foreign language requirements, since institutions are now obligated by the Americans with Disabilities Act to teach these students. Criteria on which these students are classified as learning disabled for foreign language study and granted waivers of course substitution to fulfill the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education, Language Research
College Students Classified as Having Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the Foreign Language Requirement.
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Sparks, Richard L.; Philips, Lois; Javorsky, James – Foreign Language Annals, 2003
Reports two studies comparing college students classified as learning disabled (LD) or as both LD and having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who had either substituted courses for a foreign language requirement or had fulfilled the requirement by passing foreign language courses. Findings suggest students classified as both LD and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Ability, College Students