Identifying English Language Learners with Learning Disabilities: Key Challenges and Possible Approaches

Autor/inn/en	Wagner, Richard K.; Francis, David J.; Morris, Robin D.
Titel	Identifying English Language Learners with Learning Disabilities: Key Challenges and Possible Approaches
Quelle	In: Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 20 (2005) 1, S.6-15 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0938-8982
DOI	10.1111/j.1540-5826.2005.00115.x
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Identification; English (Second Language); Learning Disabilities; Evaluation Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Identifikation; Identifizierung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung
Abstract	The need for effective approaches for identifying English language learners with learning disabilities is great and growing. Meeting this need is complicated by recent developments in the field of learning disabilities that are unrelated to the English language learning status, and by limitations in existing knowledge specific to the identification of English language learners with learning disabilities. We review recent developments in the field of learning disabilities concerning the need for earlier identification, the need for a more appropriate conceptualization of learning disability, and the need for more effective assessments and treatments. We discuss challenges to assessment and identification of English language learners with learning disabilities, provide examples of two approaches to meeting these challenges, and describe some remaining challenges. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10