Your Textbook Discusses a 2010 Study, with Bilingual Arab Israeli

question 63

Multiple Choice

Your textbook discusses a 2010 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 students:

• 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.

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