Your Textbook Discusses a Recent Study,with Bilingual Arab Israeli Students

question 49

Multiple Choice

Your textbook discusses a recent 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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