A third-grade teacher conducts an oral activity in which the teacher produces an oral sentence with one word that is
deliberately unintelligible. The teacher says, “I put the pencil on the d*** next to the blackboard.” The teacher then tells the
students to construct a request for clarification, such as “Excuse me, where is the pencil?” This exercise is likely to promote
the students’ English language acquisition primarily by _______.
(A) modeling for students a method of identifying pertinent information for solving a problem
(B) providing students with opportunities to engage in extended discourse
(C) supporting students’ development of metacognitive learning strategies
(D) teaching students a strategy for overcoming gaps in comprehension