Question

Nikolas is an eleventh grader who came to America from Russia with his parents one year ago. He has gradually developed his fluency in the English language, but he continues to have some difficulty using English during classroom activities. What should Nikolas’ teacher do to help him with his English language acquisition?

A) Encourage Nikolas to use English in the classroom and save his Russian for use at home.
B) Promote Nikolas’ bilingualism in both Russian and English.
C) Refer Nikolas to the English-as-a-Second-Language program in the local magnet school.
D) Respond positively to Nikolas only when he makes accurate attempts with English

Answer 1

B

Explanation:

Language acquisition is divided into two categories

The first language acquisition and

The second language acquisition

The first language acquisition is a universal process regardless of the home language. Babies start to listen the sounds around them, begin to vicarious learning them and eventually start speaking words. The second language consider the knowledge in a first knowledge and circle the process an individual goes through as he or she learns the element of new languages such as vocabulary , phenomenological components, grammatical structure, and writing system.