Curricular accommodations for college students with language learning disabilities

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 55-67

  Downey, Doris M ^a   Snyder, Lynn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Curricular accommodations; Foreign language learning; Learning disabilities; Modified foreign language instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035608704     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-200102000-00007     Document Type: Article

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