Their statements commit Professors

Answer choices

1. A

   Unsupported Disagree Position1% picked this

   whether American Sign Language is the native language of a significant number

   We know that B agrees with this, but we can't support that S disagrees with this, especially since S never once talks about ASL.

   1%
2. B

   Unsupported Agree Position5% picked this

   whether any North American whose native language is not English should be allowed to fulfill the university’s foreign language requirement by studying

   We can't derive this extreme claim from either paragraph, because neither author espoused some universal idea about all North Americans whose native language is not English.

   5%
3. C

   Unsupported Agree Position2% picked this

   whether the university ought to retain a foreign

   We wouldn't be able to derive this from either set of statements. They both acknowledge that there is a foreign language requirement, but neither of them editorializes on whether it's a good or bad thing, whether it should be retained to rejected.

   2%
4. D

   Unsupported Agree Position3% picked this

   whether any other universities in North America permit their students to fulfill a foreign language requirement by

   We can't derive this claim from either set of statements, because neither author speaks about other universities.

   3%
5. E

   Correct89% picked this

   whether the fact that a language is the native language of many North Americans justifies prohibiting its use to fulfill

   Why this is right

   This is what we predicted. B agrees with this. He thinks that if X is the native language of many North Americans, then it's not a foreign language, and that if it's not a foreign language, then it can't satisfy the foreign language requirement. So he thinks that if X is the native language of many North Americans, then X can't satisfy the foreign language requirement. We know that S disagrees with this, because she makes the case that there are examples (such as French and Spanish) in which X is the native language of many North Americans, but X can still satisfy the foreign language requirement.

   Skill tested: Agree/Disagree · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   89%