Your Father Notices That You Are Taking Russian in University

question 6

Multiple Choice

Your father notices that you are taking Russian in university and decides that he too would like to learn a second language. On the basis of the concept of "sensitive periods" in learning, you would predict:

• A) that you will learn the language more easily than he will
• B) that since he has had more experience with language he will learn Russian faster than you
• C) that he will master the Russian vocabulary faster than you, but will have problems with the grammar
• D) nothing, since acquisition of a second language is unrelated to age of exposure to it

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