In language class of adolescent students the teacher uses an English idiom “A…
2023
In language class of adolescent students the teacher uses an English idiom “A Leopard can't change his spots” meaning “a person cannot change his/her basic nature” . The teacher thinks that:
- A.
Students cannot understand it as adolescence is a stage where only concrete thinking dominates.
- B.
Students may imagine the impossible as they have developed abstract thinking so they can understand it.
- C.
Students may understand it as they can use symbolic thinking to derive its meaning.
- D.
Students cannot understand it as their critical thinking proves that in reality the idiom and its meaning don't synchronize.
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Correct answer: C
Answer: Adolescents can understand the idiom because they develop symbolic and abstract thinking. metaphors