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Subject: Foreign Language Problem


Author:
Lida (Anyone else?)
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Date Posted: 18:01:41 06/18/07 Mon

I was diagnosed with dyslexia in my last year of high school(a long time ago). They felt that I had acquired all the coping skills I was going to be able to learn and offered no training. So, my first try at college was a failure, but I am smart and made a little life for my self. In my late 30's I got a wild hair and decided to try college again (the use of personal computers opened a lot of doors for me).
Now I am one semester away from a B.A. in psychology and I want to go to graduate school but I have a big problem, foreign languages. My school requires 4 semesters of a consecutive language and I can not pass. I have tried French, Spanish, Italian, and even American sign language. I have read that this may have to do with my dyslexia but my school insists that there are no learning disabilities associated with foreign languages.
Does anyone know it this is part of dyslexia or another LD? Is there any strategies for learning languages? I would change to a school that does not have this requirement but I live in Hawaii and there are not that many alternatives, plus I would have to take at least 12 credits with some other college.
Any ideas, suggestions or just a similar story would be appreciated.

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Subject Author Date
Re: Foreign Language ProblemLesa11:45:12 06/23/07 Sat
Re: Foreign Language ProblemJames Nuttall (Foreign-language help)09:45:46 06/27/07 Wed
Re: Foreign Language ProblemJoanne Longley (Happy to help)07:18:59 07/01/07 Sun
Re: Foreign Language Problemlaura09:24:51 07/04/07 Wed
Re: Foreign Language ProblemLida Atkinson02:10:56 08/29/07 Wed


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