In His Research on Bilingual Speakers,Lambert Found That

question 140

Multiple Choice

In his research on bilingual speakers,Lambert found that:

• A)bilingual speakers scored at least as well as monolinguals on performance tests.
• B)having to learn two vocabularies and grammars put bilingual speakers at a disadvantage on performance tests relative to monolinguals.
• C)people who learned a second language as adults showed superior cognitive processing compared to monolinguals matched on other variables.
• D)people cannot master the grammar of a second language if they begin to learn it after about age seven.

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