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16 Oct 2021, 21:58
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The way I understood the passage:
The author starts off by saying “traditionally”, the families would learn English by the 2nd or 3rd generation.
Then, in the very next sentence, we are given the context clue: “however”
The author basically says what is happening NOW, however, is a departure from the traditional pattern (I.e., immigrants’ families learning English by the 2nd or 3rd generation).
Then, immediately after, the author goes on to discuss the “revolving door” that is occurring now, seemingly leading to the change.
The inference is that with this revolving door and the immigrants’ retention of their culture and language, many will likely not learn English by the 2nd or 3rd generation.
Because of this reason, the author then goes on to discuss the need for bilingual education for these groups. There wouldn’t be a need for bilingual education for these groups if they were still learning English by the 2nd or 3rd generation.
So, if this new development of a “revolving door” is leading to the authors’ perceived need of bilingual education, it seems that today’s immigrants are not learning English as quickly as similar immigrants had in the past.
If this revolving door had also existed in the past, then the same issue would have existed (regarding the need for bilingual education) and the author wouldn’t be talking about changes and the need for this new measure.
Is answer B 100% airtight? No, but it is heavily supported by the context of the paragraph and passage.
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The author starts off by saying “traditionally”, the families would learn English by the 2nd or 3rd generation.
Then, in the very next sentence, we are given the context clue: “however”
The author basically says what is happening NOW, however, is a departure from the traditional pattern (I.e., immigrants’ families learning English by the 2nd or 3rd generation).
Then, immediately after, the author goes on to discuss the “revolving door” that is occurring now, seemingly leading to the change.
The inference is that with this revolving door and the immigrants’ retention of their culture and language, many will likely not learn English by the 2nd or 3rd generation.
Because of this reason, the author then goes on to discuss the need for bilingual education for these groups. There wouldn’t be a need for bilingual education for these groups if they were still learning English by the 2nd or 3rd generation.
So, if this new development of a “revolving door” is leading to the authors’ perceived need of bilingual education, it seems that today’s immigrants are not learning English as quickly as similar immigrants had in the past.
If this revolving door had also existed in the past, then the same issue would have existed (regarding the need for bilingual education) and the author wouldn’t be talking about changes and the need for this new measure.
Is answer B 100% airtight? No, but it is heavily supported by the context of the paragraph and passage.
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17 Oct 2021, 08:33
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Fdambro294
Hey, thanks for the prompt response.
I understand what you mean when you say the context of the passage supports the revolving door phenomenon. but..
"United States has traditionally been that, after immigration, relatively few members of the group"
it seems, 2nd -3rd generation immigrants are not the subject of the question but the first generation which came much earlier when assimilation was the major task at hand. Revolving door phenomenon is for 2nd- 3rd gen immigrants, not for the first ones.
"after immigration" and "moving away from historical patterns" stress on the same.
GMATNinja VeritasKarishma
If you can kindly assist in doubt clearance. I might be reading the question incorrectly
Thanks in advance
17 Oct 2021, 22:19
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1. It can be inferred from the passage that one of the characteristics of immigrant groups to the United States has traditionally been that, after immigration, relatively few members of the group
(A) became politically active in their new communities
(B) moved back and forth repeatedly between the United States and their former communities
(C) used their native languages in their new communities
(D) suffered discrimination in their new communities at the hands of the cultural majority
(E) sought assimilation into the dominant culture of the new communities they were entering
We are looking for how immigrants have behaved traditionally.
Traditionally, English has replaced the native language of immigrant groups by the second or third generation. Some characteristics of today’s Spanish-speaking population, however, suggest the possibility of a departure from this historical pattern. Many families retain ties in Latin America and move back and forth between their present and former communities. This “revolving door” phenomenon, along with the high probability of additional immigrants from the south, means that large Spanish-speaking communities are likely to exist in the United States for the indefinite future.
We are talking about immigrants. Not their second or third generation. So we cannot say that traditionally few members (which means only few, if at all) used native language. We know that second or third generation switched to English but perhaps not the first gen immigrants.
However some characteristics of Spanish speaking population suggest that they do not follow the traditional pattern. They retain ties in Latin America (revolving door phenomenon). This is a diversion from traditional pattern so we can infer that traditionally, immigrants did not retain ties in their old communities.
Hence, relatively few members moved back and forth.
Perhaps the issue was the used of the word "few"?
If so, check: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/2017/0 ... uite-gmat/
