The Effects of Multisensory Structured Language Instruction on Native Language and Foreign Language Aptitude Skills of At-Risk High School Foreign Language Learners: A Replication and Follow-Up Study.

Sparks, Richard L.; Ganschow, Leonore

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Publication Date: 1993

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The Effects of Multisensory Structured Language Instruction on Native Language and Foreign Language Aptitude Skills of At-Risk High School Foreign Language Learners: A Replication and Follow-Up Study.

Sparks, Richard L.; Ganschow, Leonore

Annals of Dyslexia, v43 p194-216 1993

This replication study and follow-up study found that, when a multisensory structured language approach to teaching Spanish was used with a group of at-risk high school students, the group's pretest and posttest scores on native language phonological processing, verbal memory and vocabulary, and foreign language aptitude measures showed significant improvement. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Followup Studies, High Risk Students, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Aptitude, Memory, Multisensory Learning, Native Language Instruction, Native Speakers, Phonology, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Vocabulary

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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