A 40-Year-Old Couple Emigrates from Poland to England

Multiple Choice

A 40-year-old couple emigrates from Poland to England. They have an 18-year-old son and a 9-year-old daughter. What should you expect about their second-language learning based on research that has investigated mastery of English as a second language?

A) The entire family will master English at about the same rate.
B) Both the son and the father will master English much more quickly than the females in the family.
C) The 9-year-old daughter will master English more quickly than her parents and her brother.
D) The parents will master English much more quickly than either of their two children.