title: Teaching a foreign language using multisensory structured language techniques to at-risk learners: a review.
abstract: An overview of multisensory structured language (MSL) techniques used to teach a foreign language to at-risk students is outlined. Research supporting the use of MSL techniques is reviewed. Specific activities using the MSL approach to teach the phonology/orthography, grammar and vocabulary of the foreign language as well as reading and communicative activities in the foreign language are presented.
authors.affiliation: College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, OH, USA. richard_sparks@mail.msj.edu
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Sparks
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007859:Learning Disabilities; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards*