Jason is an infant whose parents speak English in the home. When his parents are at work, Jason stays in a family day care home where all the employees speak only Spanish. Jason is experiencing

a. multilingualism.
b. a confirmation of the critical period hypothesis.
c. sequential bilingualism.
d. simultaneous bilingualism.


Ans: d

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