People in some states are politically opposed to
a. bilingual education in schools.
b. feeding alphabet soup to low-income preschoolers.
c. tolerating parents speaking motherese in public places.
d. paying for tuneups of LADs or LMCs with public funds.
Question 2Which of these is LEAST advisable as a maternal tactic to have a baby with normal chromosomes?
a. Eat a diet that is rich in folic acid
b. Give birth while younger rather than older
c. Encourage your husband to avoid excessive smoking or drinking
d. Develop a career as an x-ray technician
Question 3The psychological advantages of bilingualism
a. are absent in ethnic minority children.
b. have provoked political opposition against bilingual education.
c. are focused exclusively on language skills.
d. generalize beyond language into cognitive functioning.
Question 4Most adults with Down syndrome are typically
a. able to learn to care for their basic needs.
b. housed in institutions.
c. mentally ill.
d. abandoned.
Question 5When compared with socioeconomically similar monolinguals, bilingual children
a. fail to achieve normal fluency in either language.
b. achieve normal levels of fluency and also gain some cognitive advantages.
c. begin a slow but inevitable decline into retardation.
d. suffer no cognitive deficits, but language learning is slower.
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