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Peer reviewedSparks, Richard L.; Artzer, Marjorie; Patton, Jon; Ganschow, Leonore; Miller, Karen; Hordubay, Dorothy J.; Walsh, Geri – Annals of Dyslexia, 1998
A study examined the benefits of multisensory structured language (MSL) instruction in Spanish for 39 high school students at risk for foreign-language learning difficulties and 16 controls. On measures of oral and written foreign-language proficiency, the MSL and control groups scored significantly higher than those instructed using traditional…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Multisensory Learning
Peer reviewedWieczorek, Joseph A. – Hispania, 1991
Demonstrates that (1) second-language (L2) textbooks used in the L2 Spanish classroom, at the high school and college level, misrepresent the fundamental concept of dialects, and (2) the textbooks ignore certain important elements of dialects that would be beneficial to the L2 student as listener. (41 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Dialects, High Schools, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
Peer reviewedSparks, Richard L.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
Seven sophomores at risk for problems with learning a foreign language were taught using a multisensory structured language approach. Over two years, they made significant gains on native language phonological/orthographic measures and a foreign language aptitude test. Despite gains, the students did not catch up with typical students on these…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, High Risk Students, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedSparks, Richard; And Others – Annals of Dyslexia, 1992
A multisensory structured language (MSL) approach was utilized with two groups of at-risk high school students (n=63), taught in either English and Spanish (MSL/ES) or Spanish only. Foreign language aptitude improved for both groups and native language skills for the MSL/ES group. A group receiving traditional foreign language instruction showed…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Aptitude
Peer reviewedSparks, Richard L.; Ganschow, Leonore – Annals of Dyslexia, 1993
This replication study and follow-up study found that, when a multisensory structured language approach to teaching Spanish was used with a group of at-risk high school students, the group's pretest and posttest scores on native language phonological processing, verbal memory and vocabulary, and foreign language aptitude measures showed…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, High Risk Students, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness
Download full textPritikin, Lorin – 1999
As an alternative to waiving foreign language requirements for students with learning disabilities or learning problems, a policy of inclusion in foreign language programs is proposed, based on research suggesting that alternative language teaching methods can be effective with these populations. The rationale for such a policy and the theoretical…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design
