Students Who Are English Learners May Have Difficulty with Idioms

question 7

Multiple Choice

Students who are English learners may have difficulty with idioms because they lack the necessary:

• A) phonemic awareness
• B) phonics generalizations
• C) background knowledge
• D) automaticity

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Definitions:

Active System

Refers to systems or components in technology or biology that require energy input to operate and actively control or effect changes.

Organizes

The act or process of arranging, structuring, or classifying information, objects, or events based on similarities, differences, or specific criteria.

Retrieves

The act of getting something back from a place or bringing something to mind from memory.

Alters

In psychology, refers to the different identities or personalities in dissociative identity disorder (DID).