Nicole Who Lives in Quebec, Canada, Is Being Reared in a Home

Multiple Choice

Nicole who lives in Quebec, Canada, is being reared in a home where both English and French are spoken. She is likely to

A) learn language at the same rate as a child who is learning only one language.
B) learn language more slowly at first because she will mix words from the two languages but will be as proficient or better in language skill than monolingual children later in childhood.
C) learn language more quickly at first because she is exposed to more words but have less proficient language skills than monolingual children later in childhood.
D) be delayed in her language growth throughout infancy and childhood.