Author Question: Carlos, an English learner, has enrolled in a public school in Pennsylvania. He has a rich ... (Read 87 times)

joblessjake · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Carlos, an English learner, has enrolled in a public school in Pennsylvania. He has a rich vocabulary in Spanish, but limited English. Research suggests that a student who has a rich vocabulary in his first language will probably:

a) have more difficulty learning English than would a student with limited vocabulary in the native language
b) have less difficulty learning English than would a student with limited vocabulary in the native language
c) be confused by cognates
d) be confused by repetends

Question 2

When 6-year-old Carla encountered a new word, she inferred its meaning by using the surrounding words and sentences. In that situation, the student used:

a) context clues
b) phonics clues
c) miscue analysis
d) discourse analysis