Students Classified as Learning Disabled and Non-Learning Disabled: Two Comparison Studies of Native Language Skill, Foreign Language Aptitude, and Foreign Language Proficiency.

Sparks, Richard L.; Artzer, Marjorie; Javorsky, James; Patton, Jon; Ganschow, Lenore; Hordubay, Dottie; Miller, Karen

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ERIC Number: EJ581918

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Publication Date: 1998

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Students Classified as Learning Disabled and Non-Learning Disabled: Two Comparison Studies of Native Language Skill, Foreign Language Aptitude, and Foreign Language Proficiency.

Sparks, Richard L.; Artzer, Marjorie; Javorsky, James; Patton, Jon; Ganschow, Lenore; Hordubay, Dottie; Miller, Karen

Foreign Language Annals, v31 n4 p535-51 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 scores on measures of intelligence and academic achievement (Author/JL)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, High Risk Students, High School Students, High Schools, Intelligence Quotient, Language Aptitude, Language Skills, Learning Disabilities, Scores, Second Language Learning

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Language: English

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