How Do Bilingual Children Compare to Socioeconomically Equivalent Monolingual Children

question 141

Multiple Choice

How do bilingual children compare to socioeconomically equivalent monolingual children with respect to language proficiency and acquisition?

• A)Bilingual children fail to acquire normal levels of proficiency in either language.
• B)Bilingual children show significant language delays when compared to monolingual children of the same socioeconomic status.
• C)Bilingual children show no language delays, but do display lower levels of metalinguistic knowledge.
• D)Bilingual children acquire normal levels of language proficiency and show some cognitive advantages.

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Definitions:

Payback

The amount of time it takes for an investment to generate an amount of income or cash flow to recover its initial cost.

Annual Cash Flows

The total amount of money being transferred in and out of a business, measured yearly.

Required Rate

The minimum return that investors demand for investing in a particular asset, reflecting the risk of the investment.

Discounted Payback Period

A capital budgeting method that calculates the amount of time needed to break even from an investment in present value terms, factoring in the time value of money.