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Learning difficulties and foreign language learning: A review of research and instruction

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Leonore Ganschow  and
Richard Sparks
Leonore Ganschow
Affiliation:
Professor Emeritus, Department of Educational Psychology, Miami University(OH)
Richard Sparks
Affiliation:
Professor, Department of Education, College of Mt. St. Joseph, 5701 Delhi Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45233–1670 e-mail: richard_sparks@mail.msj.edu
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Language Teaching , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 79 - 98
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