Considerations in the Development of Foreign Language Substitution Policies at the Postsecondary Level for Students with Learning Disabilities.

Smith, Sheila Graham

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Publication Date: 2002

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Considerations in the Development of Foreign Language Substitution Policies at the Postsecondary Level for Students with Learning Disabilities.

Smith, Sheila Graham

ADFL Bulletin, v33 n3 p61-67 Spr 2002

Discusses a policy at Baylor University for accommodating students with language learning disabilities so they can meet the university's foreign language (FL) requirements. Explains how language-based learning disabilities are diagnosed and how they are related to FL learning, the legal obligations of an institution, and how universities cope with accommodation of disabled students while enabling them to meet requirements. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning

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Language: English

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