According to the interactionist view, language acquisition will occur when learners negotiate meaning through conversations with teachers and peers. Which option best reflects this view?

• A. Cloze
• B. Interactionist View of Language Acquisition
• C. Striving Readers Legislation
• D. Bilingual Education Act

Answer: (B)

Language development through social interaction and negotiating meaning in conversation with teachers and peers is the main concept tested. When learners talk with others, they receive feedback, ask for clarification, and build understanding with support that helps them gradually internalize new vocabulary and grammar. This mirrors the interactionist view of language acquisition, which emphasizes learning language through social context and collaborative meaning-making. The option that names this view directly reflects how language develops in communicative settings. The other choices don’t describe how language is learned: a cloze task is an assessment activity, while the Striving Readers Legislation and the Bilingual Education Act are policy measures, not theories of language learning.