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Which of the following is a basic interpersonal communication skill?

  • A.Academic language skill
  • B.Conversational language
  • C.Cognitive academic language proficiency
  • D.Formal language

Answer: B

Conversational language is the basic interpersonal communication skill (BICS), the everyday social language, which develops quickly. Academic language skill and cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP) are the more demanding school language, and formal language is not the label for BICS. Cummins distinguished BICS, the language used in everyday conversation, which takes about two years to develop, from CALP, the language of academic study, which takes five to seven years.

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