Free Practice Question
CR · Critical Reasoning
555-605
Assumptions
Language School Teacher: Although conventional wisdom holds that older adults struggle to learn new languages, several studies show that adults who have relocated to a city where their second language is the primary one in use are much more likely to have achieved true fluency in that second language. So it isn’t the case that our ability to learn a second language diminishes as we age; rather, the older we get, the more likely it is that we are tied to a specific location and can’t easily pick up and move to a new city to learn a second language.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the teacher’s argument depends?
Which of the following is an assumption on which the teacher’s argument depends?
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The studies cited by the teacher assumed, without verifying, that older adults have more trouble developing fluency in a second language.
B
People who develop fluency in a second language during childhood find it easier to learn a third language later in life.
C
Adults who move to an area in which another language is predominantly spoken are not more likely to choose the location because they have already developed proficiency in that language.
D
Younger adults are not as likely as older adults to relocate to a new city that primarily uses a language that is not their first language.
E
Most adults who relocate for professional or personal reasons choose a city in which their first language is used.\n
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555-605
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CR