Chapter 10 Examined a Study by Flege and His Colleagues

question 19

Multiple Choice

Chapter 10 examined a study by Flege and his colleagues (1999) ,concerning the pronunciation skills of people who had emigrated from Korea to the United States.According to this research,

• A)people who had come to the United States during childhood were least likely to speak English with an accent.
• B)people who had come to the United States during adolescence were least likely to speak English with an accent.
• C)people who had come to the United States during adulthood were least likely to speak English with an accent.
• D)age of arrival had no effect on pronunciation skills,though it had a significant effect on the mastery of grammar.

Identify the dimensions of diversity and their implications.

Understand the concept of probability and how it quantifies the likelihood of events.

Identify and calculate the outcomes of random experiments with or without replacement.

Apply the concept of independence and the role of disjoint events in probability theory.

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