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Foreign Language Learning Difficulties

An Historical Perspective

Leonore Ganschow, EdD, is professor of special education in the Department of Educational Psychology at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, where she teachers courses in learning disabilities and gifted education. Address: Leonore Ganschow, Department of Educational Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056.

Richard L. Sparks, EdD

Richard L. Sparks, EdD, is associate professor of education at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he teaches courses in learning disabilities, reading, and diagnostic assessment.

James Javorsky, MEd

James Javorsky, MEd, is a doctoral fellow at Purdue University, where he is completing a doctoral degree in special education, with a specialization in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

For 10 years, the authors of this article have examined cognitive, affective, and linguistic influences on foreign language learning. They have proposed the Linguistic Coding Differences Hypothesis (LCDH) as a model for understanding foreign language learning problems. The authors review their empirical support for the LCDH and explain the diagnostic, pedagogical, and policy implications of their research.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 31, No. 3, 248-258 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/002221949803100304


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