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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
Globalization or the World in English: Is Japan Ready to Face the Waves?
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Oda, Masaki – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2007
In an article on English and national identity, Spring gives a historical survey of the role of English and its relation to Japanese national identity. Although English was discouraged during World War II, as it was considered the language of enemy, it was again "made an important academic language and in 1956 was included in entrance…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Secondary Schools, Nationalism, War
The Truisms, Cliches, and Shibboleths of Foreign-Language Requirements.
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Brewer, William B. – Modern Language Journal, 1983
Considers some of the most common cliches and their implications about foreign language requirements. (EKN)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Required Courses
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
The Case for Course Substitutions as a Reasonable Accommodation for Students with Foreign Language Learning Difficulties.
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Shaw, Robert A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
Presents the case for allowing college students with a learning disability who are unable to meet foreign-language requirements even with special instruction to substitute related courses. Discussion is in the context of the 1998 Guckenberger v. Boston University federal lawsuit. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Accessibility (for Disabled), Court Litigation, Higher Education
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
Language Learning for the 21st Century: Challenges for the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Tucker, G. Richard – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1993
The American phenomenon of pervasive monolingualism is considered, and potential implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement are described. Five second-language learning/teaching areas are projected: language for specific purposes; obligatory language study; exchange programs; technological advances; and information resources.…
Descriptors: Economic Impact, Exchange Programs, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)