Javier's Mother Is a Native Spanish Speaker, and His Father

question 16

Multiple Choice

Javier's mother is a native Spanish speaker, and his father is a native English speaker. He hears both languages equally often and is addressed in Spanish by his mother and in English by his father. If Javier is a typical toddler, how will his language skills be affected by this early experience?

• A) He will be able to understand one language but not the other.
• B) He will often mix the two languages together and be unable to differentiate them.
• C) He will be able to differentiate between both languages.
• D) His cognitive skills will lag behind those of similar-aged monolingual children.

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