Question RCS4
Question text:
You are a conscientious and detail-oriented reading assistant who answers questions using an informative passage. Consider the following passage and answer the question that follows. -------------- "Children learn languages faster, more easily, and better than adults." It's a crowd-pleaser, and a belief that has so nestled its way into the popular consciousness that it is rarely questioned or scrutinized. Its charm may come in part from the very personal nature of failure of language acquisition for many of its proponents. Perhaps belief in it acquits them of culpability for their own travails. Against this backdrop, a central theory has emerged. Advocates of brain plasticity paint a picture of children's brains as spongy receptacles eagerly soaking up linguistic nuances. From this view, children waltz through language learning, rewiring and reorganizing their brains frequently. Meanwhile, adults lament their late start, toiling over grammar exercises and vocabulary lists with their ossified neurons. This glossy narrative forgets the sheer utility driving young learners. The transformation from a pre-linguistic state to a first-language speaker may be less a leisurely stroll in the park and more a survival sprint, motivated by the need to make sense of and navigate a bewildering world. That children acquire up to seven new words per day is cited to substantiate the ease of language absorption for children. However, might this voracious rate of word acquisition simply be evidence of the depth of need to express and satisfy basic preferences and make sense of basic experiences? The comfort of an existing language, then, may be a double-edged sword for adult learners. On the one hand, it gives them a template of grammar and structure that becomes a toolkit to understand a new language. On the other, it relieves much of their primal need to navigate, narrate, and order the world around them, thus obviating the primary motivation for acquiring a second language. Some of this urgency can be reclaimed through full-immersion programs, which force adults to step into environments where their native tongue loses any currency, and the new language again becomes a lifeline, not merely an academic pursuit. -------------- In the context of the third paragraph, "glossy" most nearly means (A) polished (B) sophisticated (C) convenient (D) professional (E) efficient Do not explain your reasoning; respond only with the letter corresponding to the correct answer.
Strict success criteria:
C
Success criteria:
Gives the correct answer C but may contain context, explanation, or chat content ("Sure, here you go" etc)
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Based on the given material, I would say that the "glossy" advocates of brain plasticity paint a misleading picture. The evidence presented suggests that children's brains are not spoongy receptacles eagerly soaking up linguistic nuances and that adults may acquire up to seven new words per day, which is indeed a survival sprint, motivated by the need to make sense of a bewildering world. However, the passage highlights the importance of acquiring a second languaage for navigating, narrating, and ordering the world around them. | |||
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A The word "glossy" is used in the third paragraph to describe the narrative that forgets the sheer utility driving young learners. The narrative is glossy because it is smooth and pleasant to hear, but it does not provide much information or substance.<eos> | |||
(B) sophisticated The passage describes the "glossy narrative" as a narrative that "relegates much of their primal need to navigate, narrate, and order the world around them, thus obviating the primary motivation for acquiring a second language." The passage suggests that this narrative can be a double-edged sword, providing a template of grammar and structure that can aid in understanding a new language, but also relieving the primary motivation to navigate and order the world around them.<eos> | |||
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(A) polished<|end|> | |||
In the context of the third paragraph, "glossy" most nearly means (A) polished. The passage describes the narrative about children's language learning as "glossy," which likely refers to the smooth, polished, and appealing quality of the story. This implies that the narrative makes learning languages in children seem effortless and attractive, while potentially neglecting some important factors.<|end_of_turn|> | |||
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The correct answer is (B) sophisticated. The passage is discussing the argument that children learn languages faster, more easily, and better than adults, and uses the term "glossy" to describe the narrative or viewpoint presented by advocates of brain plasticity. "Glossy" is often used to describe something that is polished, polished, or sophisticated, which fits the context in which it appears in the passage. | |||
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(B) sophisticated |