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dbose

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Chapter 10 discussed a study that compared the working-memory skills of three groups of Dutch-English bilinguals. This study concluded that
 
  a. the students had the best working-memory scores.
  b. the teachers had the best working-memory scores.
  c. the simultaneous interpreters had the best working-memory scores.
  d. the three groups did not differ significantly in their working-memory scores.

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What is the most controversial issue concerning bilingualism and age of acquisition?
 
  a. Can adult bilinguals acquire pragmatic competence in their second language?
  b. Are adults and children equally talented in acquiring new vocabulary words in a second language?
  c. With respect to the mastery of phonology, do people who acquired a second language as adults differ from people who acquired a second language as children?
  d. With respect to the mastery of grammar, do people who acquired a second language as adults differ from people who acquired a second language as children?


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ryansturges

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: c

Answer to Question 2

Ans: d


dbose

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
:D TYSM

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