Before She Started School in the U

question 64

Multiple Choice

Before she started school in the U.S.,Mita,daughter of immigrant parents of Indian origin,used to speak only her home language of Hindi fluently.She then learned to speak English in school and attained fluency in both Hindi and English.However,as she grew older,she started to feel ashamed of her roots and gave up speaking Hindi altogether.This phenomenon is called:

• A) subjective bilingualism.
• B) relapsed bilingualism.
• C) subtractive bilingualism.
• D) retractive bilingualism.

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Definitions:

Range

The difference between the maximum and minimum values in a data set, indicating the spread of the data.

Standard Deviation

A metric that calculates the deviation or spread of data points in a dataset from the average value.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a dataset; it measures the extent of variability within the data.

Skewed

A description of the asymmetry in the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable, where the tail of the distribution is longer on either the right (positively skewed) or the left (negatively skewed) side.