Question

Juan has played soccer but has never played football. Football was not a popular sport where he grew up. Despite excellent word recognition skills, Juan, who generally has little difficulty comprehending selections, is unable to answer most of the questions about a boy who leads his team to the state football championship. What seems to be the main source of Juan’s difficulty?

Answer 1

Juan has limited background knowledge for understanding the story

Step-by-step explanation:

Soccer can be described or explained as a form of game that involves the use of a ball. Example of this is football which involves two teams of eleven players each.

In this case, Although Juan has played soccer before but not specifically football. this means that, he has no idea of what or how football is played.

So , when he found himself in a situation of giving or providing answers to questions related to football, he found it very difficult because he has limited background knowledge about the game he was asked questions about, and also about the whole story.

Answer 2

Answer: Juan has limited background knowledge for understanding the story.

Step-by-step explanation:

Background knowledge is what an instructor, provide as information to help students make sense of a new concept. So in this situation, Juan has a limited background knowledge hence, he could not give proper responses to most of the questions thrown at him about the boy who led the team to the football championship.