Circle the correct answer, and provide a sentence or two explaining why the corr
ID: 3486166 • Letter: C
Question
Circle the correct answer, and provide a sentence or two explaining why the correct answer is correct.
John and Jeanette are 25-years olds who both speak a second language. Jeanette developed as a simultaneous bilingaul and John developed as a sequential bilingual. Comparatively, Jeanette has a higher level of proficiency than John in her second language. Which of the following provides the best explanation for why Jeanette developed stronger proficiency?
a) Foreign - language classes are not effective
b) Differences in the brain
c) Length of exposure
Explanation / Answer
Ans c) Length of exposure
Since Jeanette is a simultaneous bilingual , she must have adapted to the second language much earlier than John and have been practicing it since then . John is a sequencial bilingual so he must have learnt the second language much later than Jeanett due to which he wasn't able to practice it for as long as Jeanett.