When children first enter school:
A. their language skills are very under-developed and incomplete in all domains.
B. their oral language skills are largely in place.
C. they can typically already read text fluently.
D. their syntactic understanding is strong, but their phonological skills are weak.
Question 2
Research on bilingual education programs in the U.S. has shown that:
A. students will succeed with any kind of bilingual education program it details of its implementation do not matter.
B. the best way to motivate bilingual students to achieve academically is through single-language (English-only) language programs.
C. supportive dual language programs in which children are instructed in both their home language and also English lead to higher academic performance.
D. bilingual programs prevent children from learning either language well.
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