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A Screening Instrument for the Identification of Foreign Language Learning Problems
Author(s) -
Ganschow Leonore,
Sparks Richard
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1991.tb00484.x
Subject(s) - foreign language , psychology , language assessment , mathematics education , identification (biology) , english as a foreign language , language acquisition , focus (optics) , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , botany , physics , optics , biology
Authors describe a self‐scoring screening instrument designed to predict college students' risk for success or failure in foreign language classes. The instrument's questions, based on the authors' experiences with students with learning disabilities, focus on students' foreign language backgrounds, developmental and academic learning histories, and tests and classroom learning characteristics. Results of research studies conducted with the instrument and implications of these findings for foreign language instructors are presented.