The At-Risk Students and the Study of Foreign Language in School Fact Sheet from the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) covers popular topics such as:

• Are students who struggle to learn a foreign language usually classified as learning disabled?
• What is the nature of the foreign language learning difficulties of at-risk learners?
• Why might a regular foreign language class be difficult to pass for at-risk learners?
• What kinds of problems characterize the foreign language learner with mild to moderate language difficulties?
• What additional kinds of problems characterize the foreign language learner with severe language difficulties?
• What might the foreign language teacher do to assist students with mild to moderate foreign language learning difficulties?
• What additional adaptations might the teacher make that will benefit the student with severe language learning difficulties?
• Do students with foreign language learning difficulties have to study a foreign language in school?

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