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maegan_martin · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Enrique's father is English and his mother is Spanish. He often says things like, Donde esta bathroom? (Where is the bathroom?) and The park is a la izquierda. (The park is to the left.) Enrique may be ____.

a. balanced bilingual
b. cognitively complex
c. using formal reasoning
d. an above-average user of mental models

Question 2

Wilhelm is being raised in a bilingual environment, learning to speak both German and French before the end of the critical period. Assuming Wilhelm has equally mastered both languages, what would you most likely discover when Wilhelm is in junior high?

a. He is having difficulty switching from German to French and from French to German.
b. He is superior to his classmates in cognitive flexibility and creativity.
c. He is inferior to his classmates in cognitive flexibility and creativity.
d. He has more trouble learning arithmetic than his classmates.