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Sparks, Richard L. – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
Conventional wisdom in education has suggested that students who are classified as learning disabled (LD) will exhibit inordinate difficulties learning a foreign language (FL). Even when not explicitly stated, the notion that those classified as LD have a disability for FL learning is implied. However, while beliefs about this purported disability…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Misconceptions, Second Language Learning, Beliefs
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Wight, Mary Caitlin S. – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
This examination of the literature on foreign, or second, language learning by native English-speaking students with disabilities addresses the benefits of language learning, the practices and policies of language exemption, the perceptions of students and educators regarding those practices, and available resources for supporting students with…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Second Languages, Learning Disabilities
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Amend, Amanda E.; Whitney, Carolyn A.; Messuri, Antonia T.; Furukawa, Hideko – Foreign Language Annals, 2009
A two-semester modified Spanish sequence was designed to address the needs of college students with language-based learning disabilities. This course featured reduced scope, an emphasis on tactile activities, metacognitive strategies, and adaptations to the presentation and practice of material. Performances on fall and spring semester-end essays…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Metacognition, Spanish, Sequential Learning
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Leons, Eve; Herbert, Christie; Gobbo, Ken – Foreign Language Annals, 2009
This article explores why students with learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) struggle with the foreign language curriculum and how their difficulties manifest themselves in the classroom setting. Findings of a three-year, federally funded study that sought to combine expertise in the field of learning…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Disabilities, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Sparks, Richard L. – Foreign Language Annals, 2009
Despite the lack of empirical evidence, the term "foreign language learning disability" (FLLD) has become popular in the learning disabilities (LD) and foreign language literature. I contend that there is not a unique "disability" for foreign language learning and suggest instead that foreign language skills run along a continuum of very strong to…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, Second Language Learning, Language Skills
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Sparks, Richard L.; And Others – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
In response to a previous article, this article suggests that the differing viewpoints are the result of differences in opinion about what constitutes a foreign-language learning problem and a learning disability and whether evidence is provided to substantiate the claims presented by each side. (JL)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Sparks, Richard; And Others – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
This article takes issue with the diagnosis of a group of students as learning disabled as presented in a previous article that focused at learning disabilities in the context of second-language learning. (JL)
Descriptors: Definitions, Identification, Learning Disabilities, Second Language Instruction
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Mabbott, Ann Sax – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
In response to a previous article, this article addresses issues raised about the identification of subjects as learning disabled and the use of the Modern Language Aptitude Test as a predictor of success. (JL)
Descriptors: Identification, Language Aptitude, Learning Disabilities, Predictive Validity
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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
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Sparks, Richard L.; Javorsky, James; Ganschow, Leonore – Foreign Language Annals, 2005
Colleges and universities often permit students classified as learning disabled (LD) and other students not classified as LD to substitute courses for or waive the foreign language requirement. The Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) has become an increasingly popular assessment tool to determine which students can or cannot pass foreign language…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Sparks, Richard L.; And Others – Foreign Language Annals, 1993
Information about the foreign language academic history, learning attitudes, and academic skills was gathered from high-risk students, low-risk students, and students with learning disabilities. Findings are interpreted in light of the Linguistic Coding Deficit Hypothesis, which speculates that foreign-language learning problems are related to…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Comparative Analysis, High Risk Students, High School Students
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Mabbott, Ann Sax – Foreign Language Annals, 1994
This article discusses case studies of subjects labeled as learning disabled (LD) who have gained a degree of proficiency in a second language. The subjects' performance on written dictations, oral readings, and comprehension after oral and silent reading are compared qualitatively between their first and second language. (60 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Dictation, Error Analysis (Language)
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DiFino, Sharon M.; Lombardino, Linda J. – Foreign Language Annals, 2004
In today's world where great value is placed on global understanding, the acquisition of languages is essential. Academics would agree that the study of other languages provides students access to the cultural and intellectual heritage of cultures other than their own. Additionally, such study gives new and different perspectives on the structure…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Teaching Methods, Learning Problems, Dyslexia
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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
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Sparks, Richard L.; Artzer, Marjorie; Javorsky, James; Patton, Jon; Ganschow, Lenore; Hordubay, Dottie; Miller, Karen – Foreign Language Annals, 1998
Two studies that included high school students classified as at risk for learning a foreign language are described. The first compared at-risk students classified as learning disabled with at-risk students not classified as LD. The second investigated only students classified as LD, comparing them with and without discrepancies between their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, High Risk Students, High School Students
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