Foreign Language Learning Difficulties: An Historical Perspective

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 248-258

  Ganschow, Leonore ^a   Sparks, Richard L ^b   Javorsky, James ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b College of Mount St Joseph ^*  (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS;

EID: 0032063795     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949803100304     Document Type: Article

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