What are some social and cognitive strategies that young second-language learners use in classrooms that may have helped their progress in the new language?
What will be an ideal response?
Joining a group of peers, imitating, assuming peers are talking about the situation at hand, observing closely, guessing a lot, using a few well-chosen words that give the impression they know the language, making friends, faking it, looking for recurring words or formulas, not worrying about details. Other answers are possible.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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What will be an ideal response?
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A) visual form B) a combination of visual and verbal forms C) verbal form D) both A and B
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A. intellect. B. memory. C. the ability to recall. D. the brain.