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DEVELOPMENT OF READING LITERACY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND ATTENTION DEFICIT AND HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER CHILDREN

Psychological Applications and Trends, 2022
"The main purpose of the article is to discuss how children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) develop reading literacy in a foreign language. Usually, foreign language methodologies and instruction in foreign language education are specifically designed for the majority of learners who have the capacities and abilities to ...
Silvia Hvozdíková, Eva Stranovská
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Linguistic coding deficits in foreign language learners

Annals of Dyslexia, 1989
As increasing numbers of colleges and universities require a foreign language for graduation in at least one of their degree programs, reports of students with difficulties in learning a second language are multiplying. Until recently, little research has been conducted to identify the nature of this problem. Recent attempts by the authors have focused
R, Sparks, L, Ganschow, J, Pohlman
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METHODOLOGICAL DEFICITS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AT UNIVERSITY

Научное мнение, 2023
The aim of this paper is to study the methodological deficits in teaching foreign languages in university. The current approaches in foreign language teaching and their key characteristics are described. Possible methodological deficits and the ways to overcome them with the help of ICT technologies are discussed.
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College students with dyslexia: persistent linguistic deficits and foreign language learning

Dyslexia, 2000
The first of these two studies compared college students with dyslexia enrolled in modified Latin and Spanish classes and non-dyslexic students enrolled in regular foreign language classes on measures of foreign language aptitude, word decoding, spelling, phonological awareness and word repetition.
D M, Downey, L E, Snyder, B, Hill
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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.
Leonore Ganschow, Richard Sparks
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Identifying Native Language Deficits in High‐ and Low‐Risk Foreign Language Learners in High School

Foreign Language Annals, 1992
ABSTRACT  This study compared low and high risk first‐year high school foreign language learners on measures of cognitive, foreign language, and native language performance. Low risk learners were those who had made an A or B in the first‐quarter foreign language course, were identified by their foreign language teacher as good language learners, and ...
Richard L. Sparks, Leonore Ganschow, James Javorsky, Jane Pohlman, John Patton   +4 more
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The Impact of Native Language Learning Problems on Foreign Language Learning: Case Study Illustrations of the Linguistic Coding Deficit Hypothesis

The Modern Language Journal, 1993
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (FL) EDUCATORS have been puzzled by the problems many of their students have mastering a FL in the classroom.' A number of hypotheses have been generated to account for these at-risk students, including explanations involving lack of motivation (18; 19), high levels of anxiety (27; 28), inefficient language learning strategies (40 ...
RICHARD L. SPARKS, LEONORE GANSCHOW
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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, Lois Philips, James Javorsky   +2 more
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Conclusions and Future Directions—From the Foreign Language Deficit to Foreign Languages 2.0

2016
The U.S. language paradox—the reluctance of native English-language speakers to learn another language while living in a nation of immigrants—poses a challenge to the U.S. in an era where English may be considered the global lingua franca, but where foreign languages are increasingly in demand in the global workplace.
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