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Sensory impairments and cognitive impairment among Mexican American older adults: nativity differences. [PDF]

Aging Ment Health
Toro Figueira B, Snih SA.
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Predicting factors of Iranian nursing students' attitude toward brain drain: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

BMC Med Educ
Rahmatpour P, Mirzaei S, Norouzinia R.
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LEARNING DISABILITIES AND FOREIGN‐LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES: DEFICIT IN LISTENING SKILLS?

Journal of Reading Writing and Learning Disabilities International, 1986
This study examined case studies of four college students with suspected learning disabilities who were experiencing severe problems learning a foreign language. Characteristics of the students and types of problems they encountered in a foreign language were described, drawn from interviews, observations, and diagnostic test results.
Richard Sparks
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Addressing the U.S. Foreign Language Deficit—The Campaign for Foreign Languages

2016
It is essential to reverse the U.S. foreign language deficit, and in order to do so, a strategic social marketing campaign is needed. The attention given to the multiple stakeholders in what has been referred to as the language enterprise partnership is of the greatest importance, because the need for foreign language skills exists across all sectors ...
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College Students Classified as Having Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the Foreign Language Requirement

Foreign Language Annals, 2003
Abstract: Some students classified as learning disabled (LD) have exhibited problems with learning a foreign language (FL). College students classified as having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are often assumed by educators and service providers to have problems that impair FL learning.
Richard L Sparks
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The Extent and Impact of the U.S. Foreign Language Deficit

2016
The foreign language deficit has had a negative impact on our economic and national security, and on the careers of many monolingual English-speaking Americans. In addition, it negatively impacts the ability of many Americans to enjoy world languages and cultures to the fullest, at home or during travel, and to effectively navigate local multilingual ...
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2 The Impact of Native Language Learning Problems on Foreign Language Learning: Case Study Illustrations of the Linguistic Coding Deficit Hypothesis

2022
Richard L. Sparks, Leonore Ganschow
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AN ATTENTION DEFICIT AND HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER LEARNER AND TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

EDULEARN Proceedings, 2021
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