You Are Testing the Cognitive Abilities of Three Groups of Bilingual

question 37

Multiple Choice

You are testing the cognitive abilities of three groups of bilingual French-English speakers in Montreal,whose native language is French: university students,English teachers,and French-English interpreters.On a test of reading span,administered in English,you would expect that

• A)The teachers would perform the best,followed by the interpreters and the students.
• B)there would be no significant differences between the groups.
• C)the interpreters would perform significantly better than the teachers and students.
• D)the interpreters and teachers would perform similarly,and would outperform the students significantly.

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