Your textbook discusses a recent study, with bilingual Arab Israeli students who were enrolled at a university in Israel. The fluently bilingual researcher spoke to students in either Arabic or Hebrew. The results of this study showed that these student:
a. understood the instructions better if they were tested in their first language (Arabic), even though they were supposed to be bilingual.
b. understood the instructions better if they were tested in their second language (Hebrew), even though they were supposed to be bilingual.
c. had more positive attitudes toward Jewish individuals when the researcher was speaking Hebrew.
d. had more positive attitudes toward Jewish individuals when the researcher was speaking Arabic.
Ans: d
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