On which of the following tasks is a bilingual child likely to have some difficulty, compared with a ...

On which of the following tasks is a bilingual child likely to have some difficulty, compared with a monolingual child?

a. understanding the structure of his or her native language
b. awareness that names are arbitrarily assigned to concepts
c. sensitivity to the pragmatics of language conversation
d. processing language quickly.

Question 2

Hsi-Yen came to the United States from China when she was 14. Compared to her brother, who was 5 when he arrived, Hsi-Yen is most likely to have difficulty with

a. phonology.
b. constructing a simple sentence.
c. mastery of pragmatics.
d. vocabulary.

Question 3

Imagine that an elementary teacher has two classes, one monolingual and the other bilingualthough their other characteristics are similar. The bilingual class is more likely to

a. have a better understanding of the structure of their first language.
b. believe that a moon must be called moon; it could not have another name.
c. have difficulty with the pragmatic aspects of language.
d. perform poorly on tests of nonverbal intelligence.

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