Craft and StructureEasyAgreement on a general claim
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Pupils learn a language faster when they sing in it, argues teacher Ana Voss, from her own classes.
Text 2
A study found that adults who learned Hungarian phrases by singing them recalled more of the phrases a week later than adults who spoke or rhythmically chanted them.
Based on the texts, Voss and the author of Text 2 would most likely agree on which point?
- A. Singing can help people remember material in a new language.Correct
- B. Hungarian is easy to learn.
- C. Adults learn faster than children.
- D. Chanting is better than speaking.
Answer: A. Singing can help people remember material in a new language.
Classes and study agree on singing.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Hungarian is easy to learn.
- Not claimed.
- C. Adults learn faster than children.
- Not compared.
- D. Chanting is better than speaking.
- Chanting did worse than singing; speaking isn't compared with it in the claim.
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