DISCUSSION: Lines 4-7 tell us about the new and the old types of studies.
Old studies focussed on how immigrant groups merged with the national culture to form a single, American identity.
New studies focus on how immigrants transplant their culture to America.
___________
- It’s true that current studies focus on “peoplehood”. But older studies focussed on how ethnic identity was not preserved. Multiple foreign identities blended into one national identity.
- Lines 57-60 show that current studies have not identified the factors that keep ethnic communities alive.
- It was the old studies that examined American national character as a unified whole.
- CORRECT. See lines 4-6. The old studies thought immigrant identities were transformed and the immigrants became part of a national American identity.
- Lines 4-6 don’t say this. The studies focussed on what immigrants did once they arrived.
Want a free Reading Comp lesson?
Get a free sample of the Reading Comprehension Mastery Seminar. Learn tips for solving RC questions
Leave a Reply