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Brown, Alan V.; Plonsky, Luke; Teimouri, Yasser – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
Much of applied linguistics research has been concerned with classroom-based second language (L2) development as it offers an ideal setting for examining the institutional ecology of L2 learning and teaching. However, scholars have continued to call for greater attention to the operationalization of constructs, selection of valid assessments, and…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
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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