Foreign language aptitude of pupils with learning disabilities at the beginning of the foreign language acquisition at the elementary school

Autor	Mgr. Klára Špačková, Ph.D.
Organisation	Pedagogická Fakulta, Univerzita Karlova
Year	2011
Research type	Ph.D. thesis
Annotation	The dissertation is dealing with the issue of foreign language aptitude and foreign language abilities of pupils with learning disabilities at the beginning of the foreign language acquisition. The first part of the work describes general theories of the foreign language acquisition and introduces the current trends in education of pupils with learning disabilities in the process of foreign language learning. The second part of the work describes the research, which aim was to investigate the quality and the devlepoment of the foreing language aptitude of the pupils with learning disabilities during the first year of foreign language study at the elementary school. Foreign language aptitude and foreign language abilities were compared with foreign language achievement and with native language and reading skills.
Keywords	foreign language aptitude, foreign language abilities, phonological skills, specific learning disabilities, components of language
Research type	comparative research
Start date	1. 10. 2008
End date	22. 6. 2011
Obor	AM Pedagogy, education
Note	supervisor: Anna Kucharská oponents: Ida Viktorová, Ilona Pešatová
Email	ludmila.houbova@pedf.cuni.cz
Availability	available in the NRVDM electronic library
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Research location	Pedagogická Fakulta, Univerzita Karlova , M.D. Rettigové 4, Praha 1 11639
Organisation	Pedagogická Fakulta, Univerzita Karlova
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