Bienvenidos a Todos: Strategies for Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities in a Foreign Language Classroom

Learning a foreign language is a critical skill in the current context of globalization and multicultural communication. Present secondary and post-secondary foreign language classes admit increasing numbers of students with learning disabilities (LD). Given the particular challenges faced by these...

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Published inThe Journal of the International Association of Special Education Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 89 - 99
Main Authors Osipova, Anna V, Ricci, Leila A, Menzies, Holly
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published International Association of Special Education 2016
Subjects
Alphabets
Attention
Intonation
Language Rhythm
Learning Disabilities
Metacognition
Native Language
Phonemes
Phonology
Reading Instruction
Recall (Psychology)
Rhyme
Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Second Language Instruction
Semantics
Spanish
Spelling
Student Characteristics
Syllables
Teaching Methods
Verbs
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Summary:Learning a foreign language is a critical skill in the current context of globalization and multicultural communication. Present secondary and post-secondary foreign language classes admit increasing numbers of students with learning disabilities (LD). Given the particular challenges faced by these students in the area of language processing, learning a foreign language in school settings can seem an unsurpassable obstacle. In this article, we describe the learning characteristics of students of LD and present specific teaching strategies that help teachers support these students' acquisition of a foreign language.
ISSN:1555-6913