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If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll Wind up Somewhere Else: The Case of "Foreign Language Learning Disability"
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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
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
Students Classified as LD and the College Foreign Language Requirement: Replication and Comparison Studies.
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Sparks, Richard L.; Javorsky, James – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
Two studies examined students with learning disabilities who were allowed to substitute other courses for the college foreign-language (FL) requirement. Both studies found similar demographic, cognitive, academic achievement, and FL-aptitude profiles for the students. Article concludes that educators should not assume that students with LD require…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Accessibility (for Disabled), Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
The Issue of Accommodations, Waivers, and Course Substitutions for Students Who have Difficulties Learning a Foreign Language: An Interview.
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Ganschow, Lenore; Sparks, Richard L.; Shaw, Robert – ADFL Bulletin, 2001
Gives an overview of the aspects of learning disabilities in regard to teaching approaches and course substitutions for language requirements that foreign language department chairs should attend to including the following: definitions of learning disabilities, diagnosis of learning disabilities, teaching methodology for the struggling student,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Should the Modern Language Aptitude Test Be Used to Determine Course Substitutions for and Waivers of the Foreign Language Requirement?
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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
Students Classified as LD Who Received Course Substitutions for the College Foreign Language Requirement: A Replication Study.
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Sparks, Richard L.; Philips, Lois G.; Javorsky, James – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2002
A study involving 158 college students with learning disabilities who were granted foreign language course substitutions found there were few cognitive and academic achievement differences among students with differing levels of IQ-achievement or achievement-achievement discrepancy on Modern Language Aptitude Test and American College Testing…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Higher Education