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ERIC Number: EJ1104726
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0015-718X
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Myths about Foreign Language Learning and Learning Disabilities
Sparks, Richard L.
Foreign Language Annals, v49 n2 p252-270 Sum 2016
Conventional wisdom in education has suggested that students who are classified as learning disabled (LD) will exhibit inordinate difficulties learning a foreign language (FL). Even when not explicitly stated, the notion that those classified as LD have a disability for FL learning is implied. However, while beliefs about this purported disability have been supported by anecdotes, personal opinions, and case studies, the beliefs themselves have not been supported by empirical evidence. Advocates of a disability for FL learning have ignored the empirical evidence, which substantiates that there is, in fact, not a special relationship between FL learning and LDs, nor is there a unique disability for FL learning. This article cites several myths about LDs and FLs and examines the evidence that falsifies each of the myths.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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