Polina Is a Russian Immigrant

question 9

Multiple Choice

Polina is a Russian immigrant.She has no problems talking to her friends in English,but she struggles to understand concepts in content areas when they are presented in English.This indicates that Polina is proficient in:

• A)inside-out skills and processes.
• B)code-switching skills.
• C)academic language skills.
• D)contextualized language skills.

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Definitions:

Neonates

refers to newborns, typically those less than a month old.

Adolescents

Adolescents are young people who are in the transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood.

Transition

Transition refers to the process or period of changing from one state or condition to another, often used in the context of personal, professional, or societal changes.

School Setting

An educational environment or context where formal learning and teaching occur.